count
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English counten, from Anglo-Norman conter (“counter, conter”), from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computare, present active infinitive of computō (“I compute”). Displaced native Middle English tellen (“to count”) (from Old English tellan) and Middle English rimen (“to count, enumerate”) (from Old English rīman).
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count (plural counts)
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- A countdown.
- (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- He has a 3-2 count with the bases loaded.
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Terms derived from count (noun)
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the act of counting
the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set
a countdown
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[edit] Verb
count (third-person singular simple present counts, present participle counting, simple past and past participle counted)
- (intransitive) To enumerate the digits of one's numeral system.
- Can you count to a hundred?
- (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
- There are three apples; count them.
- (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
- Your views don't count here.
- It doesn't count if you cheat with someone when you're drunk.
- (intransitive) To be an example of something.
- Apples count as a type of fruit.
- (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
- He counts himself as a hero after saving the cat from the river.
- I count you as more than a friend.
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Terms derived from count (verb)
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to enumerate or determine number
to be of significance; to matter
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[edit] Noun
count (plural counts) m.
- The male ruler of a county; also known as an earl, especially in England. The female equivalent is countess.
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the male ruler of a county
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