Dictionary entry details
• COUNT (noun)
Meaning:
The total number counted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
a blood count
Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):
sperm count (the number of sperm in an ejaculate)
pollen count (the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place)
head count; headcount (number of people in a particular group)
circulation ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)
circulation (number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold)
body count (a count of troops killed in an operation or time period)
blood count (the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)
complement (a complete number or quantity)
Meaning:
The act of counting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
counting; count; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally
Context example:
the counting continued for several hours
Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):
investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):
blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)
sperm count (the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate)
recount (an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election)
poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))
miscount (an inaccurate count)
countdown (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))
census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)
Meaning:
A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("count" is a kind of...):
Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "count"):
count palatine (a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains)
landgrave (a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany)
• COUNT (verb)
Meaning:
Determine the number or amount of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
count; numerate; enumerate; number
Context examples:
Can you count the books on your shelf? / Count your change
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):
add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)
census (conduct a census)
miscount (count wrongly)
recount (count again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They count the money
Meaning:
Have weight; have import, carry weight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
matter; count; weigh
Context example:
It does not matter much
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):
press; weigh (to be oppressive or burdensome)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Show consideration for; take into account
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
weigh; count; consider
Context examples:
You must consider her age / The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They count their earnings this year
Meaning:
Name or recite the numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The toddler could count to 100
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
recite (repeat aloud from memory)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count"):
count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Also:
count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)
count out (declare the loser)
Meaning:
Put into a group
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
number; count
Context example:
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Include as if by counting
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I can count my colleagues in the opposition
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
include (consider as part of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Have faith or confidence in
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
depend; bet; reckon; calculate; count; look
Context examples:
you can count on me to help you any time / Look to your friends for support / You can bet on that! / Depend on your family in times of crisis
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
bank; rely; swear; trust (have confidence or faith in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take account of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
reckon; count
Context examples:
You have to reckon with our opponents / Count on the monsoon
Hypernyms (to "count" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
