Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

count on

/kaʊnʌn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: coun-t on
IPA: /kaʊnʌn/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rely on, trust, or expect.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm."
"Can we count on you to help out?"
"He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice."
"The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground."
"Or perhaps something unusual occurred in the current period that you can't count on to repeat itself."
""Hopefully you can count on them for a long period of time. Quite frankly, not often do you give those players up.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kaʊnʌn/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

counts on (present, singular) counting on (participle, present) counted on (participle, past) counted on (past)

Synonyms

bank on hang one's hat on count in reckon on calculate estimate reckon figure forecast

Questions

How do you pronounce count on?: The recorded pronunciation is /kaʊnʌn/.
What does count on mean?: To rely on, trust, or expect.

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