count1 or (obsolete) compt /kownt/ transitive verb- To number, sum up
- To name the numerals up to
- To take into account, reckon as significant or to be recognized
- To reckon, esteem, consider
intransitive verb- To number
- To be numbered
- To be of account
- To be recognized in reckoning
- To have a certain value
- To reckon
- To name the numerals in order
noun- The act of numbering
- Reckoning
- The number counted
- A number indicating size of yarn
- The counting (by a referee) of the seconds in which a boxer or wrestler may rise and resume fighting (also countˈ-out)
- Esteem, consideration, account
- A particular charge in an indictment (law)
ORIGIN: OFr cunter (Fr compter), from L computāre countˈable (obsolete comptˈable or comptˈible) adjective - Capable of being counted
- To be counted
- Accountable
- (of a noun) count
countˈed adjective Accounted, reckoned countˈer noun - A person or thing that counts
- That which indicates a number
- A disc or similar thing, used in calculations or (games) as a substitute for a coin or a marker of one's position on a board
- The name of certain prisons (officially comptˈer; obsolete)
- See also separate entry
countˈless adjective - That cannot be counted
- Innumerable
countˈback noun - A method for determining the winner of a sporting event when two competitors have an equal final score by taking into account their performance throughout the competition
- Any of various similar techniques for determining an outcome by taking account of existing data
countˈdown noun A descending count or counted check to a moment of happening regarded as zero, as in the firing of a rocket (see also count down below) countˈer-caster noun (Shakespeare) An arithmetician, reckoner counting frame noun A frame having rows of movable beads, used for elementary counting, an abacus counting house or counting room noun Formerly, a room in which a merchant, etc kept his accounts and transacted business countˈline adjective and noun (of) a confectionery bar made as an individual line (eg a filled or chocolate-covered combination bar) as distinct from moulded chocolate count noun noun A noun which, since it denotes an entity of which there can be one or more than one, is able to form a plural count-out see n above. count wheel noun A wheel with notched edge controlling the stroke of a clock in sounding the hours count down To count in descending order to zero (see also countdown above) count in (or out) To include (or exclude) from an activity count on To rely on, depend on count out - Of a meeting (esp of the House of Commons), to bring to an end by pointing out that a quorum is not present
- (in children's games) to eliminate (players) by counting while repeating a rhyme (counting-out rhyme)
- To judge (a boxer, wrestler, etc) defeated by counting the maximum allowable seconds in which to resume
keep count To keep an accurate numerical record (of) lose count To fail to keep count (of) out for the count - Unable to rise and resume the fight during the count (boxing)
- In general, unconscious, or asleep
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