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Meaning of count

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  count
      n 1: the total number counted; "a blood count"
      2: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
         "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: {count},
         {counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration}, {reckoning},
         {tally}]
      3: a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a
         British earl
      v 1: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books
           on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: {count},
           {number}, {enumerate}, {numerate}]
      2: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter
         much" [syn: {count}, {matter}, {weigh}]
      3: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider
         her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was
         lenient" [syn: {consider}, {count}, {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" [syn: {count}, {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"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet
         on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn:
         {count}, {bet}, {depend}, {look}, {calculate}, {reckon}]
      9: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
         "Count on the monsoon" [syn: {reckon}, {count}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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