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COUNT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

Example:

the counting continued for several hours

Synonyms:

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)

countdown (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))

miscount (an inaccurate count)

poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))

recount (an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election)

sperm count (the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

count palatine (a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain)

landgrave (a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The total number counted

Example:

a blood count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):

sperm count (the number of sperm in an ejaculate)

pollen count (the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place)

head count; headcount (number of people in a particular group)

circulation ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)

circulation (number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold)

body count (a count of troops killed in an operation or time period)

blood count (the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

complement (a complete number or quantity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Include as if by counting

Example:

I can count my colleagues in the opposition

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

include (consider as part of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take account of

Example:

Count on the monsoon

Synonyms:

count; reckon

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have faith or confidence in

Example:

Depend on your family in times of crisis

Synonyms:

bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

trust (have confidence or faith in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Name or recite the numbers in ascending order

Example:

The toddler could count to 100

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Also:

count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)

count out (declare the loser)

Derivation:

counting (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Determine the number or amount of

Example:

Count your change

Synonyms:

count; enumerate; number; numerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

recount (count again)

miscount (count wrongly)

census (conduct a census)

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They count the money

Derivation:

countable (that can be counted)

counter (a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens)

counter (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games)

counter ((computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers))

counter (a person who counts things)

counting (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Show consideration for; take into account

Example:

The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient

Synonyms:

consider; count; weigh

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They count their earnings this year

Sense 7

Meaning:

Have weight; have import, carry weight

Example:

It does not matter much

Synonyms:

count; matter; weigh

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):

press; weigh (to be oppressive or burdensome)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
It ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 8

Meaning:

Put into a group

Example:

The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members

Synonyms:

count; number

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 9

Meaning:

Have a certain value or carry a certain weight

Example:

each answer counts as three points

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

Patients who die from causes unrelated to the disease are not counted in this measurement.

(Cause-specific survival, NCI Dictionary)

Also called blood cell count with differential.

(CBC with differential, NCI Dictionary)

A count of the CD1 expressing cells per unit of a biological specimen.

(CD1 Expressing Cell Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Probiotic Lactobacillus strains have been shown to protect against gastrointestinal and urogenital infections, to moderate diarrheal episodes, and to increase CD4 T-lymphocyte counts.

(Micronutrient-Fortified Probiotic Yogurt, NCI Thesaurus)

A test done on a sample of blood to measure the amount of certain substances in the blood or to count different types of blood cells.

(Blood test, NCI Dictionary)

A hematologic procedure to determine the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, including the white cell differential count and red cell morphology, in a blood sample.

(Blood cell count with differential, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of cell count expressed in billions.

(Billion Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood cell count is used to help diagnose and monitor many conditions.

(Blood cell count, NCI Dictionary)

A blood cell count with differential is used to help diagnose and monitor many different conditions, including anemia and infection.

(Blood cell count with differential, NCI Dictionary)

The researchers also performed a technique called crater counting — tallying up the number of craters at least 330 feet (100 meters) in diameter — to estimate the ages of the flows.

(Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time, NASA)