1. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
   "the counting continued for several hours"; "The children practised numeration by counting marbles";
   - 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
   "His opinion counts heavily in the final decision";
   - matter, weigh
    
3. Name or recite the numbers in ascending order
   "The toddler could count to 100"
    
4. Include as if by counting
   "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
    
5. Show consideration for; take into account
   "You must count her age";
   - consider, weigh
    
6. Take account of
   "Count on the monsoon";
   - reckon
    
7. Have a certain value or carry a certain weight
   "each answer counts as three points"
    
8. Put into a group
   "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members";
   - number
    
9. Have faith or confidence in
   "you can count on me to help you any time";
   - bet, depend, swear, rely, bank, look, calculate, reckon

Derived forms: countings

See also: count down, count out

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

Encyclopedia: Counting