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count up

Speech parts

1. count up - Noun

2. count up - Verb

Meaning

count up (third-person singular simple present counts up, present participle counting up, simple past and past participle counted up)

to add to get a total
He counted up the glasses, and realized there were fifteen missing.

Alternative form of countup
Enumeration

Session for counting something

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When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies. Robert Wagner

Who shall count up the evil brood that is born from power - the pitiful fear, the madness, the despair, the overpowering craving for revenge, the treachery, the unmeasured cruelty? Auberon Herbert

One of the most suggestive episodes recounted in the Bible is that of a prophet's attempt - the only attempt of the kind on the record, I believe - to count up the Remnant. Albert Jay Nock

I am just like 99% of my friends in France, who say on their resume they can speak fluent English. In reality, they can't even count up to three. Gregoire Akcelrod

The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step. Regina Brett

Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless. Nikolai Gogol

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