Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

count

/kaʊnt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
count
IPA
/kaʊnt/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To recite numbers in sequence.

Intransitive verb

verb

To determine the number of (objects in a group).

Transitive verb

verb

To amount to, to number in total.

Intransitive verb

verb

To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).

Intransitive verb

verb

To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

Intransitive verb

verb

To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.

Transitive verb

verb

To reckon in, to include in consideration.

Transitive verb

verb

To take account or note (of), to care (for).

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute. Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kaʊnt/
  • British English: /kaʊnt/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

counts (present, singular) counting (participle, present) counted (participle, past) counted (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) counted (first person, past) countest (archaic, present) counted (past, second person) countedst (archaic, past) counteth (archaic, present) counted (past, singular)

Derived Forms

countability countedness countor forecount miscount outcount overcount uncount uncountability uncounted undercount countback

Phrases

almost doesn't count almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades be able to count on one's fingers black where it counts box-counting dimension but who's counting close only counts in horseshoes close only counts in horseshoes and darts

Frequently Paired Words

compute counting innumerable countess contessa comital baron don

Synonyms

tell enumerate number count numerate tally tell off counting numeration enumeration reckoning

Antonyms

miscount

Rhymes With

account amount mount discount mt recount blount surmount yount miscount viscount dismount

Questions

How do you pronounce count?
The recorded pronunciation is /kaʊnt/.
What does count mean?
To recite numbers in sequence.
Where does count come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce count

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