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- [kount]
- /kaʊnt/
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- [kount]
- /kaʊnt/
Definitions of count word
- countable noun count A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl. 3
- verb count When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. 3
- verb count If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are. 3
- verb count Count up means the same as count. 3
- countable noun count A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. 3
- countable noun count You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has. 3
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Origin of count
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; (v.) Middle English counten < Anglo-French c(o)unter, Old French conter < Latin computāre to compute; (noun) Middle English counte < Anglo-French c(o)unte, Old French conte < Late Latin computus calculation, reckoning, noun derivative of computāre
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Parts of speech for Count
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
count popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
count usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for count
verb count
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- cast — The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- tally — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- compute — To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it.
noun count
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- computation — Computation is mathematical calculation.
- poll — polly.
Antonyms for count
verb count
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
noun count
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
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