count
Speech parts
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.
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
When angry, count ten before you speak if very angry, count a hundred.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
One cannot count on riches.
Imitate the sundial's ways, count only the pleasant days.