count
To recite numbers in sequenceTo recite numbers in sequence.
» You can always count on Tom.
Du kannst dich immer auf Tom verlassen.
На Тома всегда можно положиться.
Ты всегда можешь рассчитывать на Тома.
Вы всегда можете рассчитывать на Тома.
На Тома всегда можно рассчитывать.
На Тома можна завжди розраховувати.
Ти завжди можеш розраховувати на Тома.
Ви завжди можете розраховувати на Тома.
Meaning
10 senses(intransitive)To recite numbers in sequence.
Can you count to a hundred?
The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
name or recite the numbers in ascending order
(transitive)To determine the number of (objects in a group).
Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.
zählen
счита́тьsčitátʹ, посчита́тьposčitátʹ, счестьsčestʹ
рахува́тиraxuváty, лічи́тиličýty
determine the number or amount of
(intransitive)To amount to, to number in total.
(figuratively, intransitive)To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
Your views don’t count here.
It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
zählen
счита́тьсяsčitátʹsja
(figuratively, intransitive)To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
Apples count as a type of fruit.
(transitive)To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.
I count you as more than a friend.
(transitive)To reckon in, to include in consideration.
They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
include as if by counting
(intransitive, obsolete)To take account or note (of), to care (for).
take account of
(obsolete, transitive)To recount, to tell.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete)To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Examples
1312 sentencesYou can always count on Tom.
На Тома можна завжди розраховувати.
ruНа Тома всегда можно положиться.
deDu kannst dich immer auf Tom verlassen.
The boy can count to ten.
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти.
ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти.
deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen.
You can't count on his help.
Ти не можеш розраховувати на його допомогу.
ruТы не можешь рассчитывать на его помощь.
deDu kannst nicht mit seiner Hilfe rechnen.
Can I count on your help?
Я можу розраховувати на твою допомогу?
ruЯ могу рассчитывать на вашу помощь?
deKann ich auf Ihre Hilfe zählen?
I'm going to count to three.
Я рахуватиму до трьох.
ruСчитаю до трёх.
deIch werde bis drei zählen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“aFrom Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
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Forms
counts, counting, counted, countedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- count onрозраховувати наTo rely on, trust, or expect.
- count upTo count (things or people) so as to add up and get a sum total.
- count offTo count (a number of things), typically aloud.
- count outTo exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
- count inTo include (someone) in an activity, etc.
- count downTo announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.
- count againstTo be a black mark on (someone); to be able to harm (someone's) reputation; to be able to cause (someone) to be rejected.
Synonyms
18 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
37 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- can count on
- always count on
- can always count
- could count on
- count to ten
- is counting on
- can't count on
- always count
- count on your
- can't count
- counted the money
- counting his money