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1. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
   "the counting continued for several hours";
   - count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally

1. Determine the number or amount of
   "Count your change"; "Can you count the books on your shelf?";
   - number, enumerate, numerate
    
2. Have weight; have import, carry weight
   - matter, weigh
    
3. Show consideration for; take into account
   "You must count her age";
   - consider, weigh
    
4. Name or recite the numbers in ascending order
   "The toddler could count to 100"
    
5. Put into a group
   "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members";
   - number
    
6. Include as if by counting
   "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
    
7. Have a certain value or carry a certain weight
   "each answer counts as three points"
    
8. Have faith or confidence in
   "you can count on me to help you any time";
   - bet, depend, swear, rely, bank, look, calculate, reckon
    
9. Take account of
   "Count on the monsoon";
   - reckon

Derived forms: countings

See also: count down, count out

Type of: approximate, ascertain, assort, be, class, classify, determine, estimate, find, find out, gauge, guess, include, investigating, investigation, judge, recite, separate, sort, sort out, trust

Encyclopedia: Counting