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A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /kuːnt/ UK /kaʊnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #860

Meanings

1

verb
To say numbers in order.

The little boy can already count to one hundred.
2

verb
To find out how many of something there are.

Can you count the books on the shelf?
3

verb
To rely on or trust someone.

You can count on me to help you any time.
4

verb
To be important or matter.

In this job, your experience really counts.
5

noun
The total number you get when you count something.

The final count showed nearly five hundred votes.

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2 verb · to find out how many of... enumerate number

More numerate tally tell

Opposites

miscount

Word family

Forms countedcountethcounts

Derived forms countbackcountdomcountificationcountifycountlesscountlinecountlingcountlycountratecountshipcountwheelcountwise

Related forms baroncomitalcomputecontessacountesscounting don duke earl innumerable lord marquess

Etymology

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).

*pewH- Proto-Indo-European counten Middle English conter Old French computō Latin

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# count

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /kuːnt/
**IPA (UK):** /kaʊnt/
**Frequency rank:** 860

## Meanings
1. To say numbers in order.
2. To find out how many of something there are.
3. To rely on or trust someone.
4. To be important or matter.
5. The total number you get when you count something.

## Examples
- The little boy can already count to one hundred.
- Can you count the books on the shelf?
- You can count on me to help you any time.
- In this job, your experience really counts.
- The final count showed nearly five hundred votes.

## Synonyms
- number
- numerate
- tally
- tell

## Antonyms
- miscount

## Derived Forms
- countback
- countdom
- countification
- countify
- countless
- countline
- countling
- countly
- countrate
- countship
- countwheel
- countwise

## Related Forms
- baron
- comital
- compute
- contessa
- countess
- counting
- don
- duke
- earl
- innumerable
- lord
- marquess

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pewH-
- Root: counten
- Root: conter
- Root: computō

## Etymology
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).

## AI Etymology
count comes 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). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *pewH-, Middle English counten, xno conter, Old French conter, Latin computō. Current senses include to say numbers in order and to find out how many of something there are. English relatives and later formations include countback, countdom, countification, baron, comital.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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