count
To recite numbers in sequence.
Example
“Can you count to a hundred?”
Other meanings
To determine the number of (objects in a group).
“Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.”
To amount to, to number in total.
Synonyms
- number
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "computō" (to compute).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “count” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.