noun
- The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
- usage: "the counting continued for several hours"
- synonyms: count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
verb
- Determine the number or amount of.
- usage: "Can you count the books on your shelf"; "Count your change"
- Have weight; have import, carry weight.
- usage: "It does not matter much"
- Show consideration for; take into account.
- usage: "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- Name or recite the numbers in ascending order.
- usage: "The toddler could count to 100"
- synonyms: count
- Put into a group.
- usage: "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
- Include as if by counting.
- usage: "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
- synonyms: count
- Have a certain value or carry a certain weight.
- usage: "each answer counts as three points"
- synonyms: count
- Have faith or confidence in.
- usage: "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
- Take account of.
- usage: "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"