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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: count out vb (tr, adverb)- informal to leave out; exclude
- (of a boxing referee) to judge (a floored boxer) to have failed to recover within the specified time
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024count1 /kaʊnt/USA pronunciation v. - to check over (objects) one by one to determine the total number:[~ + object]We counted all the towels in the rooms.
- to list or name the numerals up to: [~ (+ up) + to + a number]:Close your eyes and count (up) to ten.[~ + object (+ up) + to + a number]He counted the numbers (up) to fifty in Swahili.
- [not: be + ~-ing* ~ + object] to include;
take into account: Count her among the chosen. - to be worth something;
have value; matter:[not: be + ~-ing* no object]Every bit of help counts.[~ + as + object]The computer doesn't count as office furniture.[~ + for + object]His twenty years of service should count for something. - to consider or regard: [~ + object + adjective]counted himself lucky.[~ + object + among + object]counted among the greatest minds of the century.
- count against, [~ + against + object] to cause trouble for;
work against:If I revealed my true feelings, it would count against me. - count down, [no object] to count backward from a number to zero:At the launch pad they counted down from ten to zero, ignition, and lift-off.
- count in, [~ + object + in] to include:Free tickets? Count me in!
- count on or upon, [~ + on/upon + object] to depend or rely on:We're counting on you to be there.
- count out,
- Sportto declare (a boxer) the loser in a bout because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted to 10: [~ + object + out]They counted the champion out.[~ + out + object]The referee counted out the champion.
- [~ + object + out] to exclude;
leave (something) out; keep (someone) out or not involved:Swimming in the Moscow River on New Year's Day? Count me out! - to count and apportion or give out: [~ + out + object]The girls counted out their money in little piles.[~ + object + out]We counted the money out.
- count up, to add up;
figure a total of by counting: [~ + up + object]I counted up the hours I had already spent and groaned.[~ + object + up]Count today's hours up and add them to the total. n. - the act of counting;
reckoning; calculation:[countable]They did a few counts to check the number of votes. - the number obtained by counting;
the total: [countable]The count was fifty to nothing.[uncountable]I lost count of the number of hours I spent. - Law a separate charge in a legal proceeding against a defendant:[countable]two counts of embezzlement.
count2 /kaʊnt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- World History(in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.
count3 /kaʊnt/USA pronunciation - This book uses the symbol [countable] to stand for countable noun. A countable noun is one that has a particular meaning or use in which we can imagine more than one item. So, a noun like boy has the meaning "a young male person,'' and for that meaning we can imagine more than one such person, so boy is a countable noun. The noun sugar, on the other hand, normally is a noun that cannot be counted, and so this book calls it noncount, with the symbol [uncountable]. But this example demonstrates how difficult this notion can be, because even the normally noncount noun sugar can have a countable use or meaning, namely, "a spoonful of sugar.'' That meaning of sugar is [countable], and so we can say "Give me two sugars, please,'' meaning "two spoonfuls (or packets, etc.) of sugar.'' The noun itself is not [countable] or [uncountable];
the particular use of the noun is.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024count1 (kount),USA pronunciation v.t. - to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number;
add up; enumerate:He counted his tickets and found he had ten. - to reckon up;
calculate; compute. - to list or name the numerals up to:Close your eyes and count ten.
- to include in a reckoning;
take into account:There are five of us here, counting me. - to reckon to the credit of another;
ascribe; impute. - to consider or regard:He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash.
v.i. - to count the items of a collection one by one in order to determine the total:She counted three times before she was satisfied that none was missing.
- to list or name numerals in order:to count to 100 by fives.
- to reckon numerically.
- to have a specified numerical value.
- to be accounted or worth something:That first try didn't count—I was just practicing.
- to have merit, importance, value, etc.;
deserve consideration:Every bit of help counts. - to have worth;
amount (usually fol. by for):Intelligence counts for something. - count coup. See coup 1 (def. 4).
- count down, to count backward, usually by ones, from a given integer to zero.
- count in, to include:If you're going to the beach, count me in.
- count off, (often used imperatively, as in the army) to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons;
divide or become divided into groups:Close up ranks and count off from the left by threes. - count on or upon, to depend or rely on:You can always count on him to lend you money.
- count out:
- [Boxing.]to declare (a boxer) a loser because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted 10 seconds.
- to exclude:When it comes to mountain climbing, count me out.
- to count and apportion or give out:She counted out four cookies to each child.
- to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control the election.
n. - the act of counting;
enumeration; reckoning; calculation:A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed. - the number representing the result of a process of counting;
the total number. - an accounting.
- [Baseball.]the number of balls and strikes, usually designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat:a count of two balls and one strike.
- Lawa distinct charge or theory of action in a declaration or indictment:He was found guilty on two counts of theft.
- Textiles
- a number representing the size or quality of yarn, esp. the number based on the relation of weight to length of the yarn and indicating its degree of coarseness.
- the number of warp and filling threads per square inch in woven material, representing the texture of the fabric.
- [Bowling.]the number of pins struck down by the first ball rolled by a bowler in the frame following a spare and included in the score for the frame in which the spare was made.
- Physics
- a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter.
- the indication of the total number of ionizing reactions registered by an ionization chamber in a given period of time.
- [Archaic.]regard;
notice. - the count, [Boxing.]the calling aloud by the referee of the seconds from 1 to 10 while a downed boxer remains off his feet. Completion of the count signifies a knockout, which the referee then declares:A hard right sent the challenger down for the count.Also called the full count.
adj. - Weights and Measuresnoting a number of items determined by an actual count:The box is labeled 50 count.
- Late Latin computus calculation, reckoning, noun, nominal derivative of computāre
- Anglo-French c(o)unte, Old French conte
- Latin computāre to compute; (noun, nominal) Middle English counte
- Anglo-French c(o)unter, Old French conter
- (verb, verbal) Middle English counten 1275–1325
count2 (kount),USA pronunciation n. - World History(in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.
- Late Latin comitem, accusative of comes honorary title of various imperial functionaries, Latin: retainer, staff member, literally, companion; see comes
- Anglo-French c(o)unte, Old French conte, comte
- late Middle English counte 1375–1425
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