(rest on/upon) To be based on
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To determine the total or amount of (something)
“It is easy to count the number of 5-card poker hands with, for example, no spades.”
To keep a tally or record of
“Effective weight loss typically requires that you count the number of calories you consume.”
To make an estimate of a total or value
“Sir, I count that there will be 4,500 or 4,600 of us Gascons.”
To regard, or be regarded, as possessing a specified quality or fulfilling a specified role
“Four Summerhill students can count themselves among the brightest in the country after winning the All-Ireland Schools Table Quiz title.”
To matter or be significant
“Perhaps the biggest difference between the seventies and nineties in Cannes is the matter of whose opinions count the most.”
To take into account or include
“Perhaps, if you count the ones that never get off of the ground, this statistic is correct.”
To depend on with full trust or confidence
“He would really appreciate being able to count on your support tomorrow.”
To include or classify as a member of a group
To create a list or enumerated account of
(tell on) To impact or take its toll on
To be, or to make properly entitled to be, classed in a particular way
(rest on/upon) To be based on
To appreciate or value highly
To examine, investigate, or make an inquiry into
An act of determining the total of something
“If no individual candidate gains a majority of first preference votes on the first count, the candidate receiving the least first preference votes is then eliminated automatically from the next count.”
The total determined by counting
“The official count stands at more than 6,300 residents.”
An official or formal accusation for a criminal offense
“Once our investigations are complete, you will be charged with a count of murder for each person you unlawfully sentenced to death.”
A male member of the monarchy, nobility or aristocracy
Something that needs to be resolved
An individual fact or item
A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event
A reason or grounds for something
The state of being vanquished
Numerical measure of the size or power of a set, reflecting the number of its elements
An arithmetical value, typically representing a particular quantity
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