count for

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kount fawr]
- /kaʊnt fɔr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kount fawr]
- /kaʊnt fɔr/

Definitions of count for words

verb with object count for to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten. 1
verb with object count for to reckon up; calculate; compute. 1
verb with object count for to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count ten. 1
verb with object count for to include in a reckoning; take into account: There are five of us here, counting me. 1
verb with object count for to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute. 1
verb with object count for to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash. 1

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Origin of count for

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 for

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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count for 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".

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