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count

/kaʊnt/
noun

  1. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

    "Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough."

  2. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

  3. A countdown.

verb

  1. To recite numbers in sequence.

    "Can you count to a hundred?"

  2. To determine the number (of objects in a group).

    "There are three apples; count them."

  3. To be of significance; to matter.

    "Your views don’t count here.    It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk."

Synonymsenumerate, number
adjective

  1. (grammar) Countable.

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