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to say numbers one after the other in the correct order Can you count to ten in Spanish?

to look at people or things to see how many there are I counted the chairs — there are 32.

to include someone or something when you are finding a total

There were twenty people on the bus, not counting the driver.

to be important or accepted Every point in this game counts.

Your throw won't count if you go over the line. count on someone or something to feel sure that someone or something will do what you want Can I count on you to help me?

count2 / kaunt / noun [ count ]

a time when you count things

After an election there is a count of all the votes.

keep count of something

to know how many there are of something

Try to keep count of the number of tickets you sell.

lose count

to not know how many there are of something I've lost count of how many times he's told that joke!

count • a • ble noun / ' kauntэbl |naun / noun

[ count ]

another word for count noun

count • down / kauntdaun / noun [ count ]

the act of saying numbers backward to zero just before something important happens the countdown to takeoff

coun • ter / ' kauntэr / noun [ count ]

a long, high table in a kitchen where you prepare food or eat

She wiped off the counter with a sponge.

The kids sat at the kitchen counter doing their homework.

a long, high table in a store, bar, hotel, etc. that is between the people who work there and the customers

The man behind the counter showed me some earrings.

coun • ter • clock • wise / |kauntэr ' klakwaiz

/ adjective, adverb

in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock Turn the handle counterclockwise.

—ANTONYM clockwise

coun • ter • feit / ' kauntэrfIt /

not real, but copied so that it looks like the real thing counterfeit money

count • less / ' kauntbs / adjective

very many

I have tried to call him countless times.

count noun / ' kaunt naun /

( also count . a . ble noun ) noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) Count nouns are ones that

you can use in the plural or with "a" or "an"

The words "chair" and "idea" are count nouns.

—Look at noncount noun .

COUn .try Ф/ 'Lmtri / noun ( plural coun tries )

[ count ] ( geography , politics ) an area of land with its own people and government

Argentina, Brazil, and other South American countries

the country [ noncount ] land that is away from towns and cities

They bought a house in the country .

coun • try mu • sic / 'Lmtri myuzik /

( also coun . try and west . ern / |kAntri э^ ' westэrn / ) noun [ noncount ]

( music ) a type of popular music based on music from the southern and western U.S.

coun • try • side / ' bmtrisaid / noun [noncount]

land with fields, woods, farms, etc. that is away from towns and cities

The hotel has magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.

COUn .ty © / 'kaunti/ noun [ count ] ( plural coun . ties )

( politics ) one part of a state that has its own local government a county courthouse Orange County, California

coup / ku / noun [ count ] ( plural coups / kuz / )

( politics ) a situation where a group of people suddenly

take control of a government by force

He seized power in a military coup in the late 1990s.

cou • ple © AWL / ' kApl / noun

1a couple [ singular ] two or a small number of people or things

invited a couple of friends over for lunch. I'll be back in a couple of minutes.