count

🇺🇸 /kaʊnt/ 🇬🇧 /kaʊnt/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-C2
verb
A2

To say numbers in order, from one up to a certain number.

She can count up to 10 in Italian.

A2

To find out the total number of things in a group by saying numbers.

She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.

B1

To include someone or something in a total.

The tour guide was sure one person was missing from the group until she realized she had forgotten to count herself.

B1

To be of importance or to matter.

It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts.

B2

To be officially accepted or to accept something officially.

Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.

R

To regard or be regarded in a certain way.

I count myself lucky to have known him.

noun
B1

The act of finding the total number of something by saying numbers.

The bus driver did a quick count of the empty seats.

B1

The act of saying numbers in order, starting from one.

On the count of three, take one step forward.

R

A measurement of the quantity of something in a substance or area.

A raised white blood cell count.

R

A crime that someone is accused of.

They were found guilty on all counts.

R

A point made in a discussion or argument.

I disagree with you on both counts.

R

A nobleman of high rank, like an earl.

Count Tolstoy.

translation

v. To say numbers in order, from one up to a certain number.; To find out the total number of things in a group by saying numbers.; To include someone or something in a total.; To be of importance or to matter.; To be officially accepted or to accept something officially.; To regard or be regarded in a certain way.
n. The act of finding the total number of something by saying numbers.; The act of saying numbers in order, starting from one.; A measurement of the quantity of something in a substance or area.; A crime that someone is accused of.; A point made in a discussion or argument.; A nobleman of high rank, like an earl.

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