[kount] 
| 1. | to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten. |
| 2. | to reckon up; calculate; compute. |
| 3. | to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count ten. |
| 4. | to include in a reckoning; take into account: There are five of us here, counting me. |
| 5. | to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute. |
| 6. | to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash. |
| 7. | to count the items of a collection one by one in order to determine the total: She counted three times before she was satisfied that none was missing. |
| 8. | to list or name numerals in order: to count to 100 by fives. |
| 9. | to reckon numerically. |
| 10. | to have a specified numerical value. |
| 11. | to be accounted or worth something: That first try didn't count—I was just practicing. |
| 12. | to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts. |
| 13. | to have worth; amount (usually fol. by for): Intelligence counts for something. |
| 14. | the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation: A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed. |
| 15. | the number representing the result of a process of counting; the total number. |
| 16. | an accounting. |
| 17. | Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usually designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat: a count of two balls and one strike. |
| 18. | Law. a distinct charge or theory of action in a declaration or indictment: He was found guilty on two counts of theft. |
| 19. | Textiles.
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| 20. | Bowling. the number of pins struck down by the first ball rolled by a bowler in the frame following a spare and included in the score for the frame in which the spare was made. |
| 21. | Physics.
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| 22. | Archaic. regard; notice. |
| 23. | the count, Boxing. the calling aloud by the referee of the seconds from 1 to 10 while a downed boxer remains off his feet. Completion of the count signifies a knockout, which the referee then declares: A hard right sent the challenger down for the count. Also called the full count. |
| 24. | noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count. |
| 25. | count down, to count backward, usually by ones, from a given integer to zero. |
| 26. | count in, to include: If you're going to the beach, count me in. |
| 27. | count off, (often used imperatively, as in the army) to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons; divide or become divided into groups: Close up ranks and count off from the left by threes. |
| 28. | count on or upon, to depend or rely on: You can always count on him to lend you money. |
| 29. | count out,
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| 30. | count coup. coup 1 (def. 4). |
count (kount)
v. count·ed, count·ing, counts
To name or list the units of a group or collection one by one in order to determine a total. n.
The act of counting or calculating.
The totality of specific items in a particular sample.