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{ "term": "count", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "count", "heSheIt": "counts" }, "pastSimple": "counted", "pastParticiple": "counted", "ingForm": "counting" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to say numbers in the correct order", "sensetop": "count (up) to somethingcount from something (to/up to something)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Billy can't count yet." }, { "text": "She can count up to 10 in Italian.", "contextForm": "count (up) to something" }, { "text": "to count from 1 to 10", "contextForm": "count from something (to/up to something)" }, { "text": "He can now count from one to twenty." }, { "text": "We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group", "sensetop": "count something (up)count (up) how many…count from…", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They're still **counting votes** in Texas.", "contextForm": "count something (up)" }, { "text": "I can't **count the number** of times I've eaten there *(= I've eaten there very many times)*." }, { "text": "The diet is based on counting calories." }, { "text": "She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.", "contextForm": "count (up) how many…" }, { "text": "There are twelve weeks to go, counting from today.", "contextForm": "count from…" }, { "text": "She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side." }, { "text": "We counted up our money." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to include somebody/something when you calculate a total", "sensetop": "count somebody/something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We have invited 50 people, **not counting** the children." }, { "text": "The tour guide was sure one person was missing from the group until she realized she had forgotten to count herself." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be important", "sensetop": "count for something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It is going to be a close election, so every **vote counts**." }, { "text": "Every point in this game counts." }, { "text": "With our busy lives today we have less and less time for what **really counts.**" }, { "text": "**It's the thought that counts** *(= used about a small but kind action or gift)*." }, { "text": "The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him.", "contextForm": "count for something" } ], "synonyms": "matter" }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to be officially accepted; to accept something officially", "sensetop": "count something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Don't go over that line or your throw won't count." }, { "text": "The goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside." }, { "text": "The home team's manager protested that the run should count." }, { "text": "Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.", "contextForm": "count something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to consider somebody/something in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way", "sensetop": "count (somebody/something) as somebody/somethingcount somebody/something/yourself among somebody/somethingcount somebody/something/yourself + adj.count somebody/something/yourself + noun", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.", "contextForm": "count (somebody/something) as somebody/something" }, { "text": "I count him among my closest friends.", "contextForm": "count somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something" }, { "text": "I count myself lucky to have known him.", "contextForm": "count somebody/something/yourself + adj." }, { "text": "She counts herself one of the lucky ones.", "contextForm": "count somebody/something/yourself + noun" }, { "text": "I count it a privilege to have served alongside her." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that a total is continuing to increase", "examples": [ { "text": "The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small", "examples": [ { "text": "She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with." }, { "text": "Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be grateful for the good things in your life", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to feel the bad effects of a mistake, an accident, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something", "examples": [ { "text": "Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you do not care how many times something happens", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I've seen the film five times, but who's counting?" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/kaʊnt/", "audio": "co/count/count__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kaʊnts/", "audio": "co/count/counts__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntɪd/", "audio": "co/count/counted__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntɪŋ/", "audio": "co/count/counting__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/kaʊnt/", "audio": "co/count/count__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kaʊnts/", "audio": "co/count/counts__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntɪd/", "audio": "co/count/counted__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntɪŋ/", "audio": "co/count/counting__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "verb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’." }