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coun|sel ◆◇◇ /kaʊ ns ^ə l/ (counsels , counselling , counselled ) in AM, use counseling , counseled 1 N‑UNCOUNT Counsel is advice. [FORMAL ] □  He had always been able to count on her wise counsel. □  His parishioners sought his counsel and loved him.

2 VERB If you counsel someone to take a course of action, or if you counsel a course of action, you advise that course of action. [FORMAL ] □ [V n to-inf] My advisers counselled me to do nothing. □ [V n] The prime minister was right to counsel caution about military intervention. [Also V with quote]

3 VERB If you counsel people, you give them advice about their problems. □ [V n] …a psychologist who counsels people with eating disorders. □ [V n + on ] Crawford counsels her on all aspects of her career. [Also V on n]

4 N‑COUNT Someone's counsel is the lawyer who gives them advice on a legal case and speaks on their behalf in court. □  Singleton's counsel said after the trial that he would appeal.

coun|sel|ling /kaʊ nsəl I ŋ/ in AM, use counseling N‑UNCOUNT Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.

coun|sel|lor /kaʊ nsələ ^r / (counsellors ) in AM, use counselor N‑COUNT A counsellor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.

count ◆◆◇ /kaʊ nt/ (counts , counting , counted )

1 VERB When you count , you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. □ [V ] He was counting slowly under his breath. □ [V + to ] Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars.

2 VERB If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are. □ [V n] I counted the money. It was more than five hundred pounds. □ [V num] I counted 34 wild goats grazing. □ [V -ed] With more than 90 percent of the votes counted, the Liberals should win nearly a third of the seats. [Also V ] ● PHRASAL VERB Count up means the same as count . □ [V P n] Couldn't we just count up our ballots and bring them to the courthouse? [Also V n P ] ●  count|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The counting of votes is proceeding smoothly.

3 N‑COUNT A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them. □  The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour.

4 N‑COUNT [n N ] You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has. □  He cut his daily calorie count from 3,000 to 2,000.

5 → see also blood count , pollen count

6 N‑SING You use count in expressions such as a count of three or a count of ten when you are measuring a length of time by counting slowly up to a certain number. □ [+ of ] Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out.

7 VERB If something or someone counts for something or counts , they are important or valuable. □ [V ] It doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it. □ [V + for ] When I first came to college I realised that brainpower didn't count for much.

8 VERB If something counts or is counted as a particular thing, it is regarded as being that thing, especially in particular circumstances or under particular rules. □ [V + as ] No one agrees on what counts as a desert. □ [V ] When you were a child, your wishes didn't always count. □ [V n + as ] They can count it as a success. [Also V n n/adj]