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count

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1. count - Noun

2. count - Adjective

3. count - Verb

Meaning

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.

To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

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.

To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

To take account or note; -- with

To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

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.

A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. Aesop

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J. Paul Getty

When angry, count ten before you speak if very angry, count a hundred. Thomas Jefferson

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. English Proverb

One cannot count on riches. Somali Proverb

Imitate the sundial's ways, count only the pleasant days. Lower Austria Proverb

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