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count 1
(kount)v. count·ed, count·ing, counts
v.tr.
1.
a. To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
b. To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including: count three before firing.
c. To include in a reckoning; take account of: ten dogs, counting the puppies.
2. Informal
a. To include by or as if by counting: Count me in.
b. To exclude by or as if by counting: Count me out.
3. To believe or consider to be; deem: Count yourself lucky.
v.intr.
1. To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups: counted by tens.
2.
a. To have importance: You really count with me.
b. To have a specified importance or value: Their opinions count for little. Each basket counts for two points.
3. Music To keep time by counting beats.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act of counting or calculating.
2.
a. A number reached by counting.
b. The totality of specific items in a particular sample: a white blood cell count.
3. Law Any of the separate and distinct charges or causes of action in an indictment or complaint.
4. Sports The counting from one to ten seconds, during which time a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or be declared the loser.
5. Baseball The number of balls and strikes that an umpire has called against a batter.
count down
To recite numerals in descending order, as during a countdown.
count off
To recite numbers in turn, as when dividing people or things into groups : The 24 children counted off by twos, forming a dozen pairs.
count on
1. To rely on; depend on: You can count on my help.
2. To be confident of; anticipate: counted on getting a raise.
count out
Idiom: To declare (a boxer) to have been knocked out by calling out the count.
count heads/noses
To make a count of members, attendees, or participants.
[Middle English counten, from Old French conter, from Latin computāre, to calculate : com-, com- + putāre, to think; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
count 2
(kount)n.
1. A nobleman in some European countries.
2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
[Middle English counte, from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes, comit-, occupant of any state office, from Latin, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
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count
(kaʊnt)vb
1. (Mathematics) to add up or check (each unit in a collection) in order to ascertain the sum; enumerate: count your change.
2. (Mathematics) (tr) to recite numbers in ascending order up to and including
3. (often foll by: in) to take into account or include: we must count him in.
4. not counting excluding
5. (tr) to believe to be; consider; think; deem: count yourself lucky.
6. (Mathematics) (intr) to recite or list numbers in ascending order either in units or groups: to count in tens.
7. (intr) to have value, importance, or influence: this picture counts as a rarity.
8. (often foll by: for) to have a certain specified value or importance: the job counts for a lot.
9. (Music, other) (intr) music to keep time by counting beats
n
10. (Mathematics) the act of counting or reckoning
11. (Mathematics) the number reached by counting; sum
12. (Law) law a paragraph in an indictment containing a distinct and separate charge
13. (General Physics) physics the total number of photons or ionized particles detected by a counter
14. (Mathematics) keep count to keep a record of items, events, etc
15. (Mathematics) lose count to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
16. (Boxing) boxing wrestling the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent
17. (Wrestling) boxing wrestling the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent
18. (Boxing) out for the count boxing knocked out and unable to continue after a count of ten by the referee
19. (Boxing) take the count boxing to be unable to continue after a count of ten
20. archaic notice; regard; account
[C14: from Anglo-French counter, from Old French conter, from Latin computāre to calculate, compute]
count
(kaʊnt)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a nobleman in any of various European countries having a rank corresponding to that of a British earl
2. (Historical Terms) any of various officials in the late Roman Empire and under various Germanic kings in the early Middle Ages
3. (Roman Catholic Church) a man who has received an honour (papal knighthood) from the Pope in recognition of good deeds, achievements, etc
[C16: from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes occupant of a state office, from Latin: overseer, associate, literally: one who goes with, from com- with + īre to go]
ˈcountˌship n
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count1
(kaʊnt)v.t.
1. to check over one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.
2. to reckon up; calculate; compute.
3. to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count to ten.
4. to include in a reckoning; take into account: Count her among the chosen.
5. to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute.
6. to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky.
v.i. 7. to count the items of a collection to determine the total.
8. to list or name numerals in order.
9. to reckon numerically.
10. to have a specified numerical value.
11. to be accounted or worth something: That try didn't count - I was practicing.
12. to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts.
13. count down, to count backward, usu. by ones, from a given integer to zero.
14. count in, to include.
15. count off, to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons; divide or become divided into groups: Count off from the left by threes.
16. count on or upon, to depend or rely on.
17. count out,
n. a. to declare (a boxer) the loser in a bout because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted to 10.
b. to exclude.
c. to count and apportion or give out.
d. to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control the election.
18. the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation.
19. the number obtained by counting; the total.
20. an accounting.
21. Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usu. designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat.
22. a separate charge in a legal declaration or indictment: two counts of embezzlement.
23.
a. a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter.
b. the total number of ionizing reactions so registered.
24. Archaic. regard; notice.
25. the count, the calling out, by the referee, of the numbers from 1 to 10 when a boxer falls to the canvas.
adj. 26. noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count.
Idioms: count heads or noses, to count the number of people present.
[1275–1325; (v.) Middle English < Anglo-French c(o)unter, Old French conter < Latin computāre to compute]
count2
(kaʊnt)n.
(in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.
[1375–1425; < Anglo-French c(o)unte, Old French conte, comte < Late Latin comitem, acc. of comes honorary title of various imperial functionaries, Latin: retainer, staff member, literally, companion]
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Past participle: counted
Gerund: counting
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| Noun | 1. |  count - the total number counted; "a blood count"number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" complement - a complete number or quantity; "a full complement" blood count - the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample body count - a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; "the daily body count increased as the war went on" circulation - number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising" circulation - (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period head count, headcount - number of people in a particular group pollen count - the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place sperm count - the number of sperm in an ejaculate; "the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility" |
| 2. |  count - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically blood count - the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample countdown - counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) miscount - an inaccurate count poll - the counting of votes (as in an election) recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election sperm count - the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate | |
| 3. | count - a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl count palatine - a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain landgrave - a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany | |
| Verb | 1. | count - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" recount - count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" miscount - count wrongly census - conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest" |
| 2. |  count - have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 3. |  count - show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" | |
| 4. | count - name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100" recite - repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" count down - count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example count down - count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example count out - declare the loser | |
| 5. | count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" | |
| 6. | count - include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" | |
| 7. | count - have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 8. | count - have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" | |
| 9. | count - take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
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count
verb
1. (often with up) add (up), total, reckon (up), tot up, score, check, estimate, calculate, compute, tally, number, enumerate, cast up I counted the money. It came to more than five hundred pounds.
2. matter, be important, cut any ice (informal), carry weight, tell, rate, weigh, signify, enter into consideration It's as if your opinions just don't count.
3. consider, judge, regard, deem, think of, rate, esteem, look upon, impute I count him as one of my best friends.
4. include, number among, take into account or consideration The years before their arrival in prison are not counted as part of their sentence.
noun
1. calculation, poll, reckoning, sum, tally, numbering, computation, enumeration At the last count the police had 247 people in custody.
count on or upon something or someone depend on, trust, rely on, bank on, take for granted, lean on, reckon on, take on trust, believe in, pin your faith on I'm counting on your support. We're all counting on you to do the right thing.
count someone out (Informal) leave out, except, exclude, disregard, pass over, leave out of account If it means working extra hours, you can count me out.
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count
verb1. To note (items) one by one so as to get a total:
count on or upon
1. To place trust or confidence in:
2. To look forward to confidently:
Informal: figure on.
count out
noun
A noting of items one by one:
Archaic: tale.
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count
1 [kaʊnt]A. N
1. (= act of counting) → recuento m; [of votes] → escrutinio m, recuento m (Boxing) → cuenta f
to keep/lose count (of sth) → llevar/perder la cuenta (de algo)
at the last count → en el último recuento
to make or do a count of sth → hacer un recuento de algo
to be out for the count → estar fuera de combate
to keep/lose count (of sth) → llevar/perder la cuenta (de algo)
at the last count → en el último recuento
to make or do a count of sth → hacer un recuento de algo
to be out for the count → estar fuera de combate
2. (= total) → recuento m
the final count (in election) → el último recuento
hold the stretch for a count of ten, then relax → estírese y cuente hasta diez, luego relájese
see also pollen, sperm
the final count (in election) → el último recuento
hold the stretch for a count of ten, then relax → estírese y cuente hasta diez, luego relájese
see also pollen, sperm
3. (Jur) → cargo m
he was found guilty on all counts → fue declarado culpable de todos los cargos
he was indicted on two counts of murder → le fueron imputados dos cargos por asesinato
he was found guilty on all counts → fue declarado culpable de todos los cargos
he was indicted on two counts of murder → le fueron imputados dos cargos por asesinato
4. (= point) you're wrong on both counts → estás equivocado en los dos aspectos
I think she deserves recognition on two counts → creo que merece reconocimiento por dos motivos
I think she deserves recognition on two counts → creo que merece reconocimiento por dos motivos
B. VT
1. (= add up, check) → contar
she was counting the days until he came home → contaba los días que faltaban para su vuelta
to count the cost of (doing) sth (lit) → reparar en el coste de (hacer) algo (fig) → reparar en las consecuencias de (hacer) algo
see also chicken, blessing, cost A1
she was counting the days until he came home → contaba los días que faltaban para su vuelta
to count the cost of (doing) sth (lit) → reparar en el coste de (hacer) algo (fig) → reparar en las consecuencias de (hacer) algo
see also chicken, blessing, cost A1
2. (= include) → contar
not counting the children → sin contar a los niños
ten counting him → diez con él → diez contándolo a él
not counting the children → sin contar a los niños
ten counting him → diez con él → diez contándolo a él
3. (= consider) → considerar
I count you among my friends → te cuento entre mis amigos, te considero amigo mío
I count myself lucky → me considero feliz
count yourself lucky! → ¡date por satisfecho!
I count you among my friends → te cuento entre mis amigos, te considero amigo mío
I count myself lucky → me considero feliz
count yourself lucky! → ¡date por satisfecho!
C. VI
1. (= add up, recite numbers) → contar
can you count? → ¿sabes contar?
counting from the left → contando de izquierda a derecha
counting from today/last Sunday → a partir de hoy/contando desde el domingo pasado
to count (up) to ten → contar hasta diez
can you count? → ¿sabes contar?
counting from the left → contando de izquierda a derecha
counting from today/last Sunday → a partir de hoy/contando desde el domingo pasado
to count (up) to ten → contar hasta diez
2. (= be considered, be valid) → valer, contar
that doesn't count → eso no vale, eso no cuenta
every second counts → cada segundo cuenta or es importante
it will count against him → irá en su contra
to count as two children count as one adult → dos niños cuentan como un adulto
a conservatory counts as an extension → un jardín de invierno cuenta como una ampliación de la casa
ability counts for little here → aquí la capacidad que se tenga sirve de muy poco
that doesn't count → eso no vale, eso no cuenta
every second counts → cada segundo cuenta or es importante
it will count against him → irá en su contra
to count as two children count as one adult → dos niños cuentan como un adulto
a conservatory counts as an extension → un jardín de invierno cuenta como una ampliación de la casa
ability counts for little here → aquí la capacidad que se tenga sirve de muy poco
D. CPD count noun N (Gram) → sustantivo m contable
count down VI + ADV count down from ten to one → cuenta hacia atrás del diez al uno
children tend to count down to Christmas → los niños suelen contar los días que quedan para Navidad
children tend to count down to Christmas → los niños suelen contar los días que quedan para Navidad
count in VT + ADV → incluir
count me in! → ¡yo me apunto!, ¡cuenta conmigo!
to count sb in on sth → contar con algn para algo
count me in! → ¡yo me apunto!, ¡cuenta conmigo!
to count sb in on sth → contar con algn para algo
count on VI + PREP
1. (= rely on) → contar con
we're counting on him → contamos con él
I wouldn't count on it! → ¡no contaría con ello!
he's counting on winning → cuenta con ganar
he can be counted on to ruin everything → puedes contar con que él estropeará todo
I can always count on you to cheer me up → siempre puedo contar contigo para que me levantes el ánimo
we're counting on him → contamos con él
I wouldn't count on it! → ¡no contaría con ello!
he's counting on winning → cuenta con ganar
he can be counted on to ruin everything → puedes contar con que él estropeará todo
I can always count on you to cheer me up → siempre puedo contar contigo para que me levantes el ánimo
count out VT + ADV
2. (= exclude) [+ possibility] → descartar
we can't count out the possibility that they'll attack → no podemos descartar la posibilidad de que ataquen
we can't count out the possibility that they'll attack → no podemos descartar la posibilidad de que ataquen
3. if that's what I have to do, you can count me out → si eso es lo que tengo que hacer, no cuentes conmigo
(you can) count me out of this! → ¡no cuentes conmigo para esto!, ¡dejame fuera de esto!
(you can) count me out of this! → ¡no cuentes conmigo para esto!, ¡dejame fuera de esto!
4. (Boxing) the referee counted him out → el árbitro terminó la cuenta antes de que se levantara
to be counted out → ser declarado fuera de combate
to be counted out → ser declarado fuera de combate
count toward count towards VI + PREP → contar para
this work counts towards your final degree → este trabajo cuenta para la nota final de la licenciatura
the time he has already spent in prison will count towards his sentence → el tiempo que ya ha pasado en la cárcel se descontará de su condena
this work counts towards your final degree → este trabajo cuenta para la nota final de la licenciatura
the time he has already spent in prison will count towards his sentence → el tiempo que ya ha pasado en la cárcel se descontará de su condena
count up VT + ADV → contar
count upon VI + PREP = count on
count
2 [kaʊnt] N (= nobleman) → conde mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
count1
(kaunt) noun nobleman in certain countries, equal in rank to a British earl. conde
ˈcountess noun1. the wife or widow of an earl or count. condesa
2. a woman of the same rank as an earl or count in her own right. condesa
count2
(kaunt) verb1. to name the numbers up to. Count (up to) ten.contar
2. to calculate using numbers. Count (up) the number of pages; Count how many people there are; There were six people present, not counting the chairman.contar
3. to be important or have an effect or value. What he says doesn't count; All these essays count towards my final mark.contar, tener importancia
4. to consider. Count yourself lucky to be here.considerar
noun adjectivesee countable.
ˈcountable adjective1. capable of being numbered. Millionths of a second are countable only on very complicated instruments.calculable
2. (negative uncountable. also count) (of a noun) capable of forming a plural and using the definite or indefinite article: Table is a count(able) noun, but milk is an uncountable noun.contable
ˈcounter noun a token used in numbering or playing certain games; counters for playing ludo etc. ficha
ˈcountless adjective very many. Countless pebbles.incontable, innumerable
ˈcountdown noun (used originally of a rocket) a counting backwards to check the time remaining until the beginning of an event, regarded as zero. It's five minutes to countdown.cuenta atrás
count on to rely on (a person or happening). I'm counting on you to persuade her.contar con
out for the count1. (of a boxer) still not standing after the count of ten. estar K.O.
2. exhausted; asleep. He was out for the count for several hours after his long walk.hecho polvo, exhausto
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count
vt. contar;
blood___ → recuento sanguíneo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
count
n recuento, número; bacterial o bacteria — recuento bacteriano or de bacterias; complete blood — (CBC) hemograma completo; pill — recuento or conteo de pastillas; platelet — recuento plaquetario or de plaquetas, número de plaquetas; red blood cell — número or recuento de glóbulos rojos or eritrocitos, número or recuento de hematíes (esp. Esp); sperm — recuento espermático or de espermatozoides; white blood cell — número or recuento de glóbulos blancos or leucocitos; vt, vi contar; Count backwards from one hundred..Cuente al revés a partir de cien; to — calories contar caloríasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.