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If you count something, you find how many there are, usually by looking at them one by one. OK kids, first everyone get on the bus, and then we'll count to see that everyone's here. I counted 43. How many did you get? I counted up the mistakes and divided by the total. My daughter can count to twenty by twos. If something counts, it is accepted, allowed, or included. If you use your hands in soccer, the goal doesn't count. That's not the answer we were looking for, but it counts as correct. Do you count the pet as part of the family? Hey, count me in. I want to play too. If something counts, it's important or useful. If you're trying to lose weight, the kind of food you eat really does count. The way you dress can count for a lot when you're looking for a job. If you count on somebody or something, you depend on them. If you have any problems, you can count on me to help out.

count

A count is the number of something. Our new-student count is now up to 124, five more students than last time. A count is an act of counting. The study will include a count of the number of birds on the island. We're going to jump on the count of three: one, two, three! If you loose count of something, you can't count them all. I've lost count of the number of times she's said that. In law a count is a crime that a court has charged you with. A count is European title, similar to earl.

count

(= number) determine the number or amount of Can you count the books on your shelf? Count your change (= matter) have weight; have import, carry weight It does not matter much (= counting) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order the counting continued for several hours the total number counted a blood count (= consider) show consideration for; take into account You must consider her age The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient name or recite the numbers in ascending order The toddler could count to 100 include as if by counting I can count my colleagues in the opposition put into a group The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members have a certain value or carry a certain weight each answer counts as three points (= bet, depend, look) 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 a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl (= reckon) take account of You have to reckon with our opponents Count on the monsoon

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Simple sentences

You could count to ten when you were two.
You can always count on Tom.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku.
Your opinion doesn't count.
I count on you.
Count Tom out of it.
You should only count on yourself--but even then, not too much.
You could count to ten when you were two years old.
I count on your help.
There are so many stars in the sky, I can't count them all.
There are more stars in the sky than I can count.
A poor school record will count against you when you look for a job.
My son can count up to a hundred now.
The boxer was hit on the chin and went down for the count.
You shouldn't count on others for help.
Count me out if you go bowling.
Can I count on your loyalty?
We can count on him for financial help.

Movie subtitles

All I have to do now is count the number of blades of grass in that little two-inch square and then multiply by the number of squares that would cover this whole field.
You know country music doesn't count, right?
Does that count for nothing?
Daskasan. Daskasan doesn't count for anything.
Arrangements are made for the hunt in Count Schwartzenberg's castle.
Balduin is waiting for the Count's carriage.
The promess he gave to the Count has been broken by his other self.
Count Sandro Grec is not the only adventurer present.
Count Dubarry will not leave under any circumstances.
Count Dubarry.
It's come to our attention that the daughter of the shoe-polish king, Mr. Blakpott, has married a count.
You can count on it, he will suffer for this, the scoundrel!
No, I will not say anything. The count has forbidden it.
Count de Guiche, riding high on a wave of power rolled up by his uncle, Cardinal Richelieu.
We Saint-Simonians, who follow the teachings of our master, the late Count of Saint-Simon, a remarkable economist and philosopher, want to build a new society based on progress.
You can count on me, Colonel.
But count me in.
A Count Andrae Vitelozzo Tamare offers heart and hand.
All this was brought before the Duke by Count Vitelozzo Tamare.
Count Vitelozzo kidnapped Ginevra?
You may count on me.
Jamison, count the spoons.
I'd like to introduce my friend, Count Casanova.
Let the count sit down.
Count, these are three prize-winning beauties of Pankow.
Count ten.
I don't want to count ten any more.
Count!
Heard of the Count of Monte Cristo, dumb fuck?
Move into position. Three count.
Preparations for hunting, at Count Schwartzenberg's castle.
Balduin is waiting for the Count's coach.
The count picks up his guests.
She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness. She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness.
Yours in haste Count Chlorure de Lime.
My Hero; Father wants me to marry Count Chlorure de Lime.
Count Chloride takes Edna and her father for a drive in the park.
The count does not agree to withdraw in any case.
In the mansion of Count Dubarry.

News and current affairs

As the old saying goes: Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
But don't count on a stable euro-dollar exchange rate - much less an even stronger euro - in the year ahead.
But don't count on it.
It is too early to count on success in engaging the US on climate change.
This would give countries confidence that they can count on reliable supplies of fuel to run their nuclear power plants, and therefore do not need to develop their own uranium-enrichment or plutonium-reprocessing capability.
The voices of neglected swaths of the electorate, particularly in the rural north and northeast of the country, began to count.
Both leaders can count on the other not to create additional problems, and even to help passively on geopolitical questions.
Nowadays, people move faster than statistical offices can count them.
By granting him political asylum, we can make a resounding statement that authoritarian regimes can no longer count on support within Europe's borders.
Count me among the skeptics.
One careful study of presidential rhetoric found that even such famous orators as Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan could not count on charisma to enact their programs.
Now that Estonia's competitiveness can no longer count on a low-cost labor force, it needs to generate new technologies.
SINGAPORE - The tangled web of international organizations that constitutes global governance has become so remote and ineffective that few count on it to deliver results anymore.
For example, if a company that produces a generic consumer good like food, or even cars, sells less in Russia than it did before, one should not necessarily count the reduction as a loss.
Palestinians can negotiate their future relationship with Israel and can count on American, Russian, European, and UN assistance.
Unemployment will still be far too high, and almost half of it will be hard-to-solve, long-term joblessness - and even more if we count (as we should) the millions of Americans who have dropped out of the labor force.
Indeed, the US government does not count the value created by Internet services like Google and Facebook as income at all, because these services are not purchased.
The Asian economies should not count on being able to decouple from the economic woes of Europe and the US in the short run.
In an updated lesson in realpolitik, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently was happy to count Pope Francis as an ally in opposing American military intervention in Syria.
On that count, Asia tends to be a status quo continent, while Europe is a revisionist one.
By that, he meant no violence and no doctoring the ballot count. The communists would have to live with the result.
Already eyeing a third term, he can count on political longevity on the order of Mahathir's 22-year rule.
By that, he meant no violence and no doctoring the ballot count.

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