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verb
/kaʊnt/US/kuːnt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count 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. Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).

  1. derived from computō
  2. derived from conter
  3. derived from conter
  4. inherited from counten

Definitions

  1. To recite numbers in sequence.

    • Can you count to a hundred?
    • The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.

  2. 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.
    • How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

  3. To amount to, to number in total.

    • They counted thirty, crowded in a space Which left scarce room for motion or exertion; […]
  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. To be of significance

      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.

    2. To be an example of something

      To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

      • Apples count as a type of fruit.
      • This excellent man […] counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.

    3. To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality

      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.
      • The entertainment we haue had of him, Is far from villanie or ſeruitude, And might in noble mindes be counted princely.

    4. To reckon in, to include in consideration.

      • They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.

    5. To take account or note (of), to care (for).

      • […]to make her faire, that no man counts of her beauty.

    6. To recount, to tell.

    7. To plead orally

      To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

    8. 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.

    9. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set

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

    10. A countdown.

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

      • Anthony Williams (32), of Langford Road, Peterborough, was arrested and charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and one count of possession of a bladed article.

    12. 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.

    13. An object of interest or account

      An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

      • When he was readie to his steede to mount / Vnto his way, which now was all his care and count.

    14. Cunt (the taboo swear word)

      • That count deserves a punishment.

    15. Countable.

      • For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’.

    16. Used to show the amount of like items in a package.

    17. The male ruler of a county.

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

    19. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this…

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

    20. A surname.

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Derived

ahead in the count, behind in the count, bit-count integrity, blood count, body count, Borda count, cell count, complete blood count, countback, count circle, count form, countless, countline, count noun, count plural, countrate, countwheel, countwise, day count convention, down for the count, fastball count, full blood count, full count, hard count, head count, headcount, hitter's count, keep count, kilocount, king-count, least count, lose count, miscount, multicount, no-count, non-count, nose count, notch count, on all counts, on the count of · +33 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at count. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at count. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at count

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA