Meaning

10 senses
  1. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

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

    Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.

    zählen, Zählung, Anzahl

    счётsčot, подсчётpodsčót

    лічба́ličbá, лічі́нняličínnja, лі́ченняlíčennja

    the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

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

    Anzahl

    счётsčot

    підраху́нокpidraxúnok

    the total number counted

  3. A countdown.

    отсчётotsčót

    ві́длікvídlik

  4. A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.

  5. The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.

    He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.

  6. (slang)Cunt (the taboo swear word)

    That count deserves a punishment.

  7. The male ruler of a county.

    Graf

    графgraf

    графhraf

  8. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

    a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

  9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.

  10. (obsolete)An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

Examples

1312 sentences
  1. You can always count on Tom.

    На Тома можна завжди розраховувати. — deniko

    ruНа Тома всегда можно положиться. — al_ex_an_der

    deDu kannst dich immer auf Tom verlassen. — Dejo

  2. The boy can count to ten.

    Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти. — rmdas

    ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти. — Avelesy

    deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen. — cost

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. I'm going to count to three.

    Я рахуватиму до трьох. — deniko

    ruСчитаю до трёх. — marafon

    deIch werde bis drei zählen. — felvideki

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the act of counting:
a countdown:
ruler of a county (male):
Русский
By meaning 3
the act of counting:
a countdown:
ruler of a county (male):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of counting:
ruler of a county (male):

Origin

From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“a

From 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.

From Middle English counte, from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”) (more specifically derived from its accusative form comitem) in the sense of "noble fighting alongside the king". Doublet of comes, comte, and conte.

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Forms

plural: counts
Singularcount
Pluralcounts

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

66 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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