Count Counted Counting Kaʊnt Total I Verb Number

• billy can't count yet.
• she can count up to 10 in italian.
• to count from 1 to 10
• they're still counting votes in texas.

count

Verb Forms

1. to say numbers in the correct order
• Billy can't count yet.
• She can count up to 10 in Italian.
• to count from 1 to 10

Extra Examples

• He can now count from one to twenty.
• We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends.
2. to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group
• They're still counting votes in Texas.
• I can't count the number of times I've eaten there (= I've eaten there very many times).
• The diet is based on counting calories.
• She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.
• There are twelve weeks to go, counting from today.

Extra Examples

• She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side.
• We counted up our money.
3. to include somebody/something when you calculate a total
• We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.
• The tour guide was sure one person was missing from the group until she realized she had forgotten to count herself.
4. to be important
• SYNONYM matter
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• It is going to be a close election, so every vote counts.
• Every point in this game counts.
• With our busy lives today we have less and less time for what really counts.
• It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift).
• The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him.
5. to be officially accepted; to accept something officially
• Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
• The goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside.
• The home team's manager protested that the run should count.
• Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.
6. to consider somebody/something in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way
• For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
• I count him among my closest friends.
• I count myself lucky to have known him.
• She counts herself one of the lucky ones.
• I count it a privilege to have served alongside him.
7. used to say that a total is continuing to increase
• The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting.
8. used to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small
• She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.
• Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand.
9. to be grateful for the good things in your life
10. to feel the bad effects of a mistake, an accident, etc.
• The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
11. to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep
12. you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong
13. to say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something
• Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction.
14. used to say that you do not care how many times something happens
• I've seen the film five times, but who's counting?

Word Origin

• verb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.