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1. Determine the number or amount of
   "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
   - number, enumerate, numerate
    
2. Have weight; have import, carry weight
   - matter, weigh
    
3. Show consideration for; take into account
   - consider, weigh
    
4. Name or recite the numbers in ascending order
   "The toddler could count to 100"
    
5. Put into a group
   "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
   - number
    
6. Include as if by counting
   "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
    
7. Have a certain value or carry a certain weight
   "each answer counts as three points"
    
8. Have faith or confidence in
   "you can count on me to help you any time"
   - bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
    
9. Take account of
   "Count on the monsoon"
   - reckon

1. The total number counted
   "a blood count"
    
2. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
   - counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
    
3. A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

Derived forms: counting, counted, counts

See also: count down, count out, countable, counter

Type of: approximate, ascertain, assort, bank, be, class, classify, determine, estimate, find, find out, gauge, guess, include, investigating, investigation, judge, Lord, noble, nobleman, number, recite, rely, separate, sort, sort out, swear, trust

Encyclopedia: Count