Count - English meaning

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

abbreviation

Analogue digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analogue format before being mastered and stored digitally.

noun

Any of a range of behavioural disorders occurring primarily in children, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and learning difficulties.

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

verb

Make a mathematical computation

noun

A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations

noun

The process of finding an amount or number using mathematics

Usage examples:

A calculation of their tax liability will be made from their account books., my calculation is that…

noun

An official count or survey, especially of a population.

Usage examples:

A traffic census

noun

A count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc.

noun

An occasion when people or things are officially counted, especially when the people in a country or particular area are counted and general information about them is recorded. the report listing this information is also called a census

Usage examples:

National/state/government census according to the state census, 89.6% of eligible hispanics voters …

noun

The action of mathematical calculation.

Usage examples:

Methods of computation

noun

Calculation

Usage examples:

[ u ] the computation of the square root of pi

verb

Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).

Usage examples:

The hire charge is computed on a daily basis

verb

Make a mathematical calculation

verb

To calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)

preposition

Taking account of when reaching a total; including.

Usage examples:

There were three of us in the family, or four counting my pet rabbit

verb

Determine the total number of (a collection of items).

Usage examples:

I started to count the stars i could see

verb

Present participle of count

Usage examples:

Let's count out loud (= speak the words) from one to ten., the teachers counted the students as the…

verb

Mention (a number of things) one by one.

Usage examples:

There is not space to enumerate all his works

verb

To name things separately, one by one

Usage examples:

The salesman enumerated the features of the car.

noun

The action of mentioning a number of things one by one.

Usage examples:

The complete enumeration of all possible genetic states

noun

The act of naming things separately, one by one

Usage examples:

Graphs and enumerations accompany the report., the enumeration from the census is important in dist…

verb

Comprise or contain as part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The price includes dinner, bed, and breakfast

verb

Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.

Usage examples:

He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

adjective

Another term for incorporated.

noun

A list or catalogue.

Usage examples:

Looking over the catalogues and listings of the period, it is amusing to see what was popular then …

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

verb

(of a ship) lean over to one side, typically because of a leak or unbalanced cargo.

Usage examples:

The ship was listing badly

noun

Physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.

Usage examples:

The structure and properties of matter

verb

Be important or significant.

Usage examples:

It doesn't matter what the guests wear

noun

A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered

Usage examples:

Her arrival complicates matters even further., i think this is a matter best left to the mayor to d…

noun

The process of voting in an election.

Usage examples:

The country went to the polls on march 10

verb

Record the opinion or vote of.

Usage examples:

Over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth

noun

A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure.

Usage examples:

The island has the lowest crime rate in the world

verb

Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.

Usage examples:

They were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres

verb

Scold (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

He rated the young man soundly for his want of respect

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Usage examples:

The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

An official list or record of names or items.

Usage examples:

A membership register

verb

Short for cash register.

verb

To record someone’s name or ownership of property on an official list

Usage examples:

[ t ] i registered the car in my name., [ + to infinitive ] voters have until february 16 to regist…

verb

Be an indication of.

Usage examples:

This decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities

verb

To mean something, or be a sign of

Usage examples:

In this picture, red represents sulfur and green signifies hydrogen., [ i ] all those in favor, ple…

abbreviation

Imperial or metric ton(s).

Usage examples:

Lithuania produced 512,000 t of sulphuric acid in 1989

contraction

The word ‘it’, attached to the end of a verb, especially in the transcription of regional spoken use.

Usage examples:

I'll never do’t again

suffix

Equivalent to -est2 (as in shalt ).

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Usage examples:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

noun

A piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one.

Usage examples:

When the deal was finalised, half of the tally stick went to the purchaser, and you kept the other …

adjective

Having a striking or revealing effect; significant.

Usage examples:

A telling argument against this theory

verb

Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

Usage examples:

I told her you were coming

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

verb

Find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.

Usage examples:

Weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet

verb

Have a certain heft

verb

To be pulled toward the earth with a particular force that can be measured, or to measure this force in an object; to show an amount of weight

Usage examples:

[ l ] the baby weighed six pounds, ten ounces at birth., [ l ] this table weighs a lot., [ t ] she …