count
determine the number or amount of
How often you will meet it
Rank 735 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,452 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- determine the number or amount of also: number, enumerate, numerate Can you count the books on your shelf?Count your change
- have weight; have import, carry weight also: matter, weigh It does not matter much
- show consideration for; take into account also: consider, weigh You must consider her ageThe judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order The toddler could count to 100
- put into a group also: number The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
- include as if by counting I can count my colleagues in the opposition
count in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Agnes could count on her mother’s help.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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I leave you in Paris a devoted friend, the Count de Villegre.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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You see, really Kit couldn't count ten and be sure of it.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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To-day--I don't know what to-day is, having lost all count of time--is a great day with the Russians.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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And the girl knew that in the direct, unsophisticated judgments of the judges these things did not count at all.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1