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Main Entry:
1count 
Pronunciation:
ka
nt
Function:
verb
Etymology: Middle English
counten "to add one by one," from early French
counter (same meaning), derived from Latin
computare "to count, compute" --related to
ACCOUNT,
COMPUTE
1 a : to add one by one so as to find the total number of a group of things <
count the apples in a box>
b : to name the consecutive numbers up to and including <
count ten>
c : to recite the numbers one by one or by groups <
count to one hundred by fives>
d : to include in a tally <forty present,
counting children>
2 a : CONSIDER 3 <
count myself lucky>
b : to include or leave out by or as if by counting <
count me in> <
count me out>
3 a : RELY 2, depend <someone you can
count on>
b : 2PLAN 1 <
counted on going>
4 a : to have value or importance <every vote
counts>
b : to deserve to be regarded or considered <a job so easy it hardly
counts as work>
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count·able 
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adjective -
and counting : with more to come <in business for 50 years
and counting>
-
count on : to look forward to as happening <
counted on winning>
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