Tra từ count - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

count [count counts counted counting] verb, noun BrE [kaʊnt] NAmE [kaʊnt]
verb

SAY NUMBERS
1. intransitive to say numbers in the correct order
• Billy can't count yet.
•~ to/up to sth She can count up to 10 in Italian.
•~ (from sth) to/up to sth to count from 1 to 10

FIND TOTAL
2. transitive, intransitive to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group
•~ sth (up) The diet is based on counting calories.
• Count the ‘yes’ votes and the ‘no’ votes separately.
•~ (up) how many… She began to count up how many guests they had to invite.
•~ from… There are 12 weeks to go, counting from today.

INCLUDE
3. transitive ~ sb/sth to include sb/sth when you calculate a total
• We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.

MATTER
4. intransitive (not used in the progressive tenses)to be important
Syn: ↑matter
• Every point in this game counts.
•It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift).
•~ for sth The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him.

ACCEPT OFFICIALLY
5. intransitive, transitive to be officially accepted; to accept sth officially
• Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
•~ sth Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.

CONSIDER
6. intransitive, transitive ~ as sb/sth | ~ sb/sth (as) sb/sth to consider sb/sth in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way
•~ (sb/sth) as sb/sth For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
•~ sb/sth/yourself + adv./prep. I count him among my closest friends.
•~ sb/sth/yourself + adj. I count myself lucky to have known him.
•~ sb/sth/yourself + noun She counts herself one of the lucky ones.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 5 and v. Middle English Old French counte counter computare ‘calculate’ com- ‘together’ putare ‘to settle (an account)’ n. sense 6 late Middle English Old French conte Latin comes comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ late Latin ‘person holding a state office’ com- ‘together with’ it- ‘gone’ ire ‘go’

Thesaurus:
count verb T, I
•She counted up how many guests had been invited.
add • • calculate • • total • • tally • • work sth out • • figure sth out • |AmE figure • |BrE, informal tot sth up • |formal compute •
count/add/total/tally/tot up
count up/add up/calculate/total up/tally up/work out/figure out/figure/tot up/compute how much/how many …
count/add/calculate/tally/work out/figure out/figure/tot up/compute the number of sth
count/add up/calculate/total/tally/tot up sb's points/score

Synonyms:
trust
depend on sb/sth • rely on sb/sth • count on sb/sth • believe in sb
These words all mean to believe that sb/sth will do what you hope or expect of them or that what they tell you is correct or true.
trust • to believe that sb is good, honest, sincere, etc. and that they will do what you expect of them or do the right thing; to believe that sth is true or correct: ▪ You can trust me not to tell anyone. ◇ ▪ Don't trust what you read in the newspapers!
depend on/upon sb/sth • (often used with can/cannot/could/could not) to trust sb/sth to do what you expect or want, to do the right thing, or to be true or correct: ▪ He was the sort of person you could depend on. ◇ ▪ Can you depend on her version of what happened?
rely on/upon sb/sth • (used especially with can/cannot/could/could not and should/should not) to trust sb/sth to do what you expect or want, or to be honest, correct or good enough: ▪ Can I rely on you to keep this secret? ◇ ▪ You can't rely on any figures you get from them.
trust, depend or rely on/upon sb/sth?
You can trust a person but not a thing or system. You can trust sb's judgement or advice, but not their support. You can depend on sb's support, but not their judgement or advice. Rely on/upon sb/sth is used especially with you can/could or you should to give advice or a promise: I don't really rely on his judgement. ◇ ▪ You can't really rely on his judgement.
count on sb/sth • (often used with can/cannot/could/could not) to be sure that sb will do what you need them to do, or that sth will happen as you want it to happen: ▪ I'm counting on you to help me. ◇ ▪ We can't count on the good weather lasting.
believe in sb • to feel that you can trust sb and/or that they will be successful: ▪ They need a leader they can believe in.
to trust/depend on/rely on/count on sb/sth to do sth
to trust/believe in sb/sth
to trust/rely on sb's advice/judgement
to depend on/rely on/count on sb's support
to completely trust/depend on/rely on/believe in sb/sth

Example Bank:
•He can now count from one to twenty.
•She carefully counted the remaining coins and put them to one side.
•We counted up our money.
•We counted up to fifty, then set off to look for our friends.
•Count the ‘yes’ votes and the ‘no’ votes separately.
•Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction.
•For tax purposes that money counts/is counted as income.
•I count myself lucky to have known him.
Idioms: ↑able to count somebody on one hand ▪ ↑at the last count ▪ ↑count sheep ▪ ↑count the cost ▪ ↑count your blessings ▪ ↑don't count your chickens ▪ ↑keep count ▪ ↑lose count ▪ ↑out for the count ▪ ↑stand up and be counted ▪ ↑who's counting? ▪ ↑… and counting
Derived: ↑count against somebody ▪ ↑count down ▪ ↑count on somebody ▪ ↑count somebody in ▪ ↑count somebody out ▪ ↑count something against somebody ▪ ↑count toward something

noun

TOTAL
1. usually singular an act of counting to find the total number of sth; the total number that you find
•The bus driver did a quick count of the empty seats.
•If the election result is close, there will be a second count.
•The body count (= the total number of people who have died) stands at 24.
see also ↑headcount

SAYING NUMBERS
2. usually singular an act of saying numbers in order beginning with 1
•Raise your leg and hold for a count of ten.
•He was knocked to the ground and stayed down for a count of eight (= in boxing).
•On the count of three, take one step forward.

MEASUREMENT
3. usually singular (technical)a measurement of the amount of sth contained in a particular substance or area
•a raised white blood cell count
see also ↑blood count, ↑pollen count

CRIME
4. (law)a crime that sb is accused of committing
•They were found guilty on all counts.
•She appeared in court on three counts of fraud.

IN DISCUSSION/ARGUMENT
5. usually plural a point made during a discussion or an argument
•I disagree with you on both counts.

RANK/TITLE
6. (in some European countries) a ↑nobleman of high rank, similar to an ↑earl in Britain
•Count Tolstoy
see also ↑countess

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 5 and v. Middle English Old French counte counter computare ‘calculate’ com- ‘together’ putare ‘to settle (an account)’ n. sense 6 late Middle English Old French conte Latin comes comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ late Latin ‘person holding a state office’ com- ‘together with’ it- ‘gone’ ire ‘go’

Example Bank:
•Her white cell count has gone down again.
•I've lost count of the times I've heard that joke.
•Our daily count of Web traffic tells us many people are visiting our site.
•Raise your leg and hold it there for a count of ten.
•The company now has a head count of around 70 staff.
•The movie depends on good dialogue rather than violence and a high body count.
•The movie has a high body count.
•The pollen count is very high in the spring.
•The vote count should be repeated.
•We did a quick count of the children and there were none missing.
•an abnormally high white blood cell count
•to be charged with two counts of murder
•At last count she had 43 cats!
•Hay fever sufferers should check the pollen count every day.
•He was knocked to the ground and stayed down for a count of eight.
•The body count stands at 24.
•Your blood count is normal.

See also: ↑down for the count