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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.”
Plural for 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.”
Plural for the total determined by counting
“The official count stands at more than 6,300 residents.”
Plural for 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.”
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