Count Counted Counting Kaʊnt Total Votes I Somebody/Something

• billy can't count yet.
• she can count up to 10 in italian.
• to count from 1 to 10
• the diet is based on counting calories.

count

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
2. to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group
• The diet is based on counting calories.
• Count the ‘yes’ votes and the ‘no’ votes separately.
• She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.
• There are 12 weeks to go, counting from today.
3. to include somebody/something when you calculate a total
• We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.
4. to be important
• synonym matter
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/matter_2
• Every point in this game 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.
• 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.
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.
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
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?

Extra Examples

• He can now count from one to twenty.
• She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side.
• We counted up our money.
• We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends.
• Count the ‘yes’ votes and the ‘no’ votes separately.
• Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction.
• For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
• I count myself lucky to have known him.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they count
• he / she / it counts
• past simple counted
• past participle counted
• -ing form 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)’.