Thesaurus: count

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1. v. t. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
2. v. t. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
3. v. t. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
4. v. i. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
5. v. i. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
6. v. i. To take account or note; -- with
7. v. i. To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
8. v. t. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
9. v. t. An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
10. v. t. A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
11. n. A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
12. n. the total number counted