| count | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. count | the total number counted.; "a blood count" |
| ~ number | a concept of quantity involving zero and units.; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" |
| ~ complement | a complete number or quantity.; "a full complement" |
| ~ blood count | the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample. |
| ~ body count | a count of troops killed in an operation or time period.; "the daily body count increased as the war went on" |
| ~ circulation | number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold.; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising" |
| ~ circulation | (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period. |
| ~ head count, headcount | number of people in a particular group. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ sperm count | the number of sperm in an ejaculate.; "the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility" |
| n. (act) | 2. count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally | the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.; "the counting continued for several hours" |
| ~ investigating, investigation | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically. |
| ~ blood count | the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample. |
| ~ census, nose count, nosecount | a periodic count of the population. |
| ~ countdown | counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle). |
| ~ miscount | an inaccurate count. |
| ~ poll | the counting of votes (as in an election). |
| ~ recount | an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election. |
| ~ sperm count | the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate. |
| n. (person) | 3. count | a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl. |
| ~ count palatine | a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain. |
| ~ landgrave | a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany. |
| ~ noble, nobleman, lord | a titled peer of the realm. |
| v. (communication) | 4. count, enumerate, number, numerate | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
| ~ recount | count again.; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" |
| ~ ascertain, determine, find out, find | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" |
| ~ miscount | count wrongly. |
| ~ census | conduct a census.; "They censused the deer in the forest" |
| ~ add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, add up, sum, total, sum up, tally, add | determine the sum of.; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" |
| v. (stative) | 5. count, matter, weigh | have weight; have import, carry weight.; "It does not matter much" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ press, weigh | to be oppressive or burdensome.; "weigh heavily on the mind"; "Something pressed on his mind" |
| v. (communication) | 6. consider, count, weigh | show consideration for; take into account.; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" |
| v. (communication) | 7. count | name or recite the numbers in ascending order.; "The toddler could count to 100" |
| ~ recite | repeat aloud from memory.; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" |
| ~ count down | count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example. |
| v. (stative) | 8. count, number | put into a group.; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" |
| ~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| v. (stative) | 10. count | have a certain value or carry a certain weight.; "each answer counts as three points" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon | have faith or confidence in.; "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" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. count, reckon | take account of.; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| earl | | |
| n. (person) | 1. earl | a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. |
| ~ peer | a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage. |
| ~ earl of leicester, montfort, simon de montfort | an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265). |
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