count
To determine the number ofTo determine the number of (objects in a group).
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» The boy can count to ten.
Der Junge kann bis zehn zählen. — cost
Мальчик умеет считать до десяти. — Avelesy
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти. — rmdas
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Examples
1290 sentencesThe boy can count to ten.
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти. — rmdas
ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти. — Avelesy
deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen. — cost
You can't count on his help.
Ти не можеш розраховувати на його допомогу. — deniko
ruТы не можешь рассчитывать на его помощь. — Lenin_1917
deDu kannst nicht mit seiner Hilfe rechnen. — Espi
Can I count on your help?
Я можу розраховувати на твою допомогу? — deniko
ruЯ могу рассчитывать на вашу помощь? — marafon
deKann ich auf Ihre Hilfe zählen? — brauchinet
Meaning
10 senses(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
(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
(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.
show consideration for; take into account
More meanings 7
(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
(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 reckon in, to include in consideration.
They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
(intransitive)To amount to, to number in total.
(intransitive, obsolete)To take account or note (of), to care (for).
(obsolete, transitive)To recount, to tell.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete)To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
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, countedTenses
count · counted · will count · have countedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- count onрозраховувати нарассчитывать, рассчитатьjemanden/etwas zählencontar concompter surcontareliczyć nagüvenmekcontar comTo rely on, trust, or expect.
- count inвключати, включитивключатьcuenta conwliczaćTo include (someone) in an activity, etc.
- count outTo exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
- count downherunterzählencontar regresivamentedécompterodliczać, odliczyćfazer contagem regressiva (a)To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.
- count upTo count (things or people) so as to add up and get a sum total.
- count againstcontar en contraTo be a black mark on (someone); to be able to harm (someone's) reputation; to be able to cause (someone) to be rejected.
- count offTo count (a number of things), typically aloud.
Synonyms
15 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- always count on
- could count on
- count to ten
- is counting on
- can't count on
- always count
- don't count on
- can't count
- counted the money
- his bedroom counting
- counting his money
- count on that
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.