COUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does count mean? 

• COUNT (noun)
  The noun COUNT has 3 senses:

1. the total number counted

2. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

3. a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

  Familiarity information: COUNT used as a noun is uncommon.

• COUNT (verb)
  The verb COUNT has 9 senses:

1. determine the number or amount of

2. have weight; have import, carry weight

3. show consideration for; take into account

4. name or recite the numbers in ascending order

5. put into a group

6. include as if by counting

7. have a certain value or carry a certain weight

8. have faith or confidence in

9. take account of

  Familiarity information: COUNT used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The total number counted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

a blood count

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

body count (a count of troops killed in an operation or time period)

sperm count (the number of sperm in an ejaculate)

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)

head count; headcount (number of people in a particular group)

circulation ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)

circulation (number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold)

blood count (the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

complement (a complete number or quantity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally

Context example:

the counting continued for several hours

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)

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)

blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

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)

• COUNT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they count    ... he / she / it counts   
Past simple: counted   
Past participle: counted   
-ing form: counting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Determine the number or amount of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

count; enumerate; number; numerate

Context example:

Count your change

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

recount (count again)

miscount (count wrongly)

census (conduct a census)

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They count the money

Derivation:

countable (that can be counted)

counter (a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens)

counter (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games)

counter ((computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers))

counter (a person who counts things)

counting (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have weight; have import, carry weight

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

count; matter; weigh

Context example:

It does not matter much

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

press; weigh (to be oppressive or burdensome)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
It ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Show consideration for; take into account

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

consider; count; weigh

Context example:

The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They count their earnings this year

Sense 4

Meaning:

Name or recite the numbers in ascending order

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The toddler could count to 100

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Also:

count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)

count out (declare the loser)

Derivation:

counting (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Put into a group

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

count; number

Context example:

The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Include as if by counting

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I can count my colleagues in the opposition

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

include (consider as part of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Have a certain value or carry a certain weight

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

each answer counts as three points

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Have faith or confidence in

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear

Context example:

Depend on your family in times of crisis

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

trust (have confidence or faith in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 9

Meaning:

Take account of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

count; reckon

Context example:

Count on the monsoon

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The mitotic count is more than 20 per 10 HPF.

(Ampulla of Vater Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The mitotic count is less than 2 per 10 HPF.

(Ampulla of Vater Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

The mitotic count is 2-20 per 10 HPF.

(Ampulla of Vater Neuroendocrine Tumor G2, NCI Thesaurus)

At therapeutic doses, it does not influence white cell counts or coagulation parameters.

(Anagrelide, NCI Thesaurus)

It is derived by multiplying the WBC count by the percent of neutrophils in the differential WBC count.

(Absolute neutrophil count, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy, may reduce the absolute neutrophil count.

(Absolute neutrophil count, NCI Dictionary)

Nine out of 10 animals vaccinated with IV BCG were highly protected; six showed no detectable infection in any tissue tested and three had only very low counts of Mtb bacteria in lung tissue.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

Using Hubble's exceptional resolution, his team is counting the number of globular star clusters in the galaxy's halo — a vast shell of faint stars surrounding the galaxy.

(Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy, NASA)

Similarly, the groups did not differ among various measures for sperm health, such as sperm movement, shape and total count.

(Zinc, folic acid supplement does not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)

A positive integer (sometimes called the radix or scale) that establishes the counting numbers and place values in a number system.

(Base Number, NCI Thesaurus)