count
Add them up
The noun and verb count is about numbers.
When children learn numbers in sequence, they know how to count.
When you count something, you determine how many there are.
The number you come up with is the count.
When something counts, it matters, has value, or is significant: Make your vote count!
If you don’t count something, you do not acknowledge its significance: You treat me like my feelings don’t count.
A different count is a title of rank for European nobility, the equivalent of a British earl.
Recorded count
- totalComplete sum
- sumAddition's result
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- enumerateList items individually
tabulate · reckon · calculate · add · quantify · census · poll · headcount
Mathematics of basic operations
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- digitSingle numeric character
- numeralSymbol denoting quantity
- figureOutline or numeral
addition · subtraction · multiplication · division · algorithm · equation · decimal · fraction
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- measureUnit of quantity
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
time · cadence · downbeat · upbeat · bar · timing · pace · conductor
Require for support
- trustConfidence in another
- bankPlace holding deposits
- leanLacking fat; incline
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
reckon · factor · importance · significance · weight · consideration · stake · value
Cost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- offenseViolation or umbrage
specification · complaint · arraignment · felony · misdemeanor · guilty · conviction · prosecution
tally
Recorded count
enumerate · tabulate · reckon · calculate · add · quantify · census · poll · headcount · inventory
arithmetic
Mathematics of basic operations
figure · addition · subtraction · multiplication · division · algorithm · equation · decimal · fraction · percentage
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
pulse · time · cadence · downbeat · upbeat · bar · timing · pace · conductor · metronome
depend
Require for support
matter · reckon · factor · importance · significance · weight · consideration · stake · value · worth
charge
Cost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
offense · specification · complaint · arraignment · felony · misdemeanor · guilty · conviction · prosecution · verdict
- countingtally, tallying, headcount, numeral, number
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- calculationsaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- counting methodstally, tally marks, enumeration, tick marks, hash marks
- counting wordstally, total, sum, number, amount
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
countestimate
Informed guess at quantity
guess · approximate · guesstimate · surmise · conjecture
- count onTrust reliably
- counting onTrusting to come through
- count me inEager agreement to join
- counted onTrusted to deliver
- counting downSequential subtraction to zero
- counting sheepSleep-inducing visualization technique
discount, account, counter, county, counting, recount, countless, accounts, counted