Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French conter, compter, from Latin computare, from com- + putare to consider
Pronunciation : kaunt,
dial kyaunt
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. counting, numbering; amount; European nobleman. enumerate; take into account. count\count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. counted; p. pr. & vb. n. counting.] [of. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern french thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. recount, account), compter to count; fr. l. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. see:
pure, and cf. compute.].
2. to tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. who can count the dust of jacob? xxiii.
3. in a journey of forty miles, avaux counted only three miserable cabins.
4. to place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. abracham believed god, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. iv.
5. 3. to esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. i count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.
6. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
7. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
8. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
9. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
10. To reckon; to rely; to depend; with on or upon.
11. To take account or note; with To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
12. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
13. An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
14. A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
15. A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" a nobleman having rank equal to a British earl the total number counted; "a blood count" include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" 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" name or recite the numbers; "The toddler could count to 100" determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members".
16. A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl. Her father was a Polish Count.
17. When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. He was counting slowly under his breath Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars.
18. If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are. I counted the money. It was more than five hundred pounds I counted 34 wild goats grazing With more than 90 percent of the votes counted, the Liberals should win nearly a third of the seats. Count up means the same as count. Couldn't we just count up our ballots and bring them to the courthouse? + counting count·ing The counting of votes is proceeding smoothly.
19. A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour.
20. You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has. A glass or two of wine will not significantly add to the calorie count see also:
blood count, pollen count.
21. You use count in expressions such as a count of three or a count of ten when you are measuring a length of time by counting slowly up to a certain number. Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out.
22. If something or someone counts for something or counts, they are important or valuable. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it When I first came to college I realised that brainpower didn't count for much = matter.
23. If something counts or is counted as a particular thing, it is regarded as being that thing, especially in particular circumstances or under particular rules. No one agrees on what counts as a desert Two of the trucks were stopped because they had tents in them, and under the commanders' definition of humanitarian aid, that didn't count They can count it as a success.
24. If you count something when you are making a calculation, you include it in that calculation. It's under 7 percent only because statistics don't count the people who aren't qualified to be in the work force The years before their arrival in prison are not counted as part of their sentence. = include.
25. You can use count to refer to one or more points that you are considering. For example, if someone is wrong on two counts, they are wrong in two ways. `You drink Scotch,' she said. `All Republicans drink Scotch.' --- `Wrong on both counts. I'm a Democrat, and I drink bourbon.'.
26. In law, a count is one of a number of charges brought against someone in court. He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder.
27. If you keep count of a number of things, you note or keep a record of how many have occurred. If you lose count of a number of things, you cannot remember how many have occurred. The authorities say they are not able to keep count of the bodies still being found as helicopters search the area She'd lost count of the interviews she'd been called for.
28. If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep.
29. If you say that someone should stand up and be counted, you mean that they should say publicly what they think, and not hide it or be ashamed of it. Those involved and benefiting from the scandal must be prepared to stand up and be counted.
30. to count your blessings: see:
blessing. or earl European title of nobility, ranking in modern times directly below a marquess or (in countries without marquesses) a duke. In England the title of earl is the equivalent of count and ranks above a viscount. The wife of a count or earl is a countess. The Roman comes ("count") was originally a household companion of the emperor; under the Franks he was a local commander and judge. The counts were later incorporated into the feudal structure, some becoming subordinate to dukes, though a few countships were as great as duchies. As royal authority was reasserted over the feudatories, which took place at different times in the different kingdoms, the counts lost their political authority, though they retained their privileges as members of the nobility. Aehrenthal Aloys Count Lexa von Alfieri Vittorio Count Amadeus the Green Count Andrássy Gyula Count Arakcheyev Aleksey Andreyevich Count Basie Count Berchtold Leopold count von Bernadotte af Wisborg Folke Count Bernstorff Johann Heinrich count von Beust Friedrich Ferdinand count von Caprivi Georg Leo count von Cavour Camillo Benso count di Chambord Henri Dieudonné d'Artois count de Ciano Galeazzo count di Cortellazzo Conrad von Hötzendorf Franz Xaver Josef Count Frontenac Louis de Buade count de Palluau and de Gama Vasco da 1st count da Vidigueira Gneisenau August Wilhelm Anton Count Neidhardt von Gobineau Joseph Arthur count de Grandi Dino count di Mordano Ignatyev Nikolay Pavlovich Count Izvolsky Aleksandr Petrovich Count Károlyi Mihály Count count de L'Empire Bruno count von Egisheim und Dagsburg Loris Melikov Mikhail Tariyelovich Count Louis Stanislas Xavier count de Provence Moltke Helmuth Karl Bernhard count von Montalembert Charles Forbes René count de Nesselrode Karl Robert Vasilyevich Count Orlov Aleksey Grigoryevich Count Orlov Grigory Grigoryevich Count Oxenstierna af Södermöre Axel Gustafsson Count Pico della Mirandola Giovanni conte count di Concordia Radetzky Joseph Count Rochambeau Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur count de Roon Albrecht Theodor Emil count von Donatien Alphonse François count de Sade Saxe Hermann Maurice count de Sforza Carlo Count Speransky Mikhail Mikhaylovich Count Suvorov Aleksandr Vasilyevich Count Széchenyi István Count Taaffe Eduard count von Teleki Pál Count Tilly Johann Tserclaes count von Tisza István Count Tolstoy Aleksey Konstantinovich Count Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Count Lev Nikolayevich Count Tolstoy Uvarov Sergey Semyonovich Count Vergennes Charles Gravier count de Vigny Alfred Victor count de Count of Valor Don Luchino Visconti count di Modrone Witte Sergey Yulyevich Count Yorck von Wartenburg Johann David Ludwig Count Mac Mahon Marie Edme Patrice Maurice count de Maurits prince van Oranje count van Nassau Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti count de Aberdeen George Hamilton Gordon 4th earl of Alexander Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander 1st Earl Asquith Herbert Henry 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith Attlee Clement Richard 1st Earl Attlee of Walthamstow Baldwin of Bewdley Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Balfour of Whittingehame Arthur James 1st Earl Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith 1st earl of James Earl Breslin Browder Earl Russell Burger Warren Earl Bute John Stuart 3rd earl of Cadogan William 1st Earl Cardigan James Thomas Brudenell 7th earl of James Earl Carter Cecil Robert 1st earl of Salisbury Clarendon Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon George William Frederick Villiers 4th earl of Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cromer Evelyn Baring 1st earl of Cromwell Thomas earl of Essex Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley 14th earl of Disraeli Benjamin earl of Beaconsfield Dodge William Earl Dongan Thomas 2nd earl of Limerick Durham John George Lambton 1st earl of Eden Robert Anthony 1st earl of Avon Elgin James Bruce 8th earl of Essex Robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex Robert Devereux 3rd earl of Essex Walter Devereux 1st earl of French John Denton Pinkstone 1st earl of Ypres Grey Charles Grey 2nd Earl Haig Douglas 1st Earl Halifax Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st earl of Harley Robert 1st earl of Oxford Henry Tudor earl of Richmond Hines Earl Kenneth Howe Richard Howe Earl Jellicoe John Rushworth Jellicoe 1st Earl Jones James Earl Leicester Robert Dudley earl of Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd earl of Lloyd George of Dwyfor David Lloyd George Earl Mansfield William Murray 1st earl of Earl of Leicester Montrose James Graham 5th earl and 1st marquess of Morton James Douglas 4th earl of earl of Guilford Northampton Henry Howard earl of Earl of Kent Ormonde James Butler 12th earl and 1st duke of Oxford Edward de Vere 17th earl of 1st earl of Chatham Earl Powell Ray James Earl John Stewart earl of Carrick Rochester John Wilmot 2nd earl of Rosse William Parsons 3rd earl of Russell Bertrand Arthur William 3rd Earl Russell Russell of Kingston Russell John Russell 1st Earl Sackville Thomas 1st earl of Dorset Sandwich John Montagu 4th earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper 3rd earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper 7th earl of Shrewsbury Charles Talbot duke and 12th earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley 1st earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley 3rd earl of Stanhope James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stirling William Alexander 1st earl of Strafford Thomas Wentworth 1st earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard 1st earl of Sunderland Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Surrey Henry Howard earl of Tyrone Hugh O'Neill 2nd earl of Walpole Horace 4th earl of Orford Walpole Robert 1st earl of Orford Warren Earl Warwick Earl of Bulwer Lytton Edward George Earl Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st earl of Stockton Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden Mountbatten of Burma Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose 5th earl of Wavell of Eritrea and of Winchester Archibald Percival Wavell 1st Earl.
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