counted up

Summed the total

Counted up means tallied or added together to reach a total: She counted up the votes and announced the winner.

The phrase emphasizes the process of accumulating individual items into a sum, often suggesting careful or methodical enumeration: He counted up his savings and realized he had enough for the trip.

Related

addition · enumeration · summation · estimating · computation · inventory · took stock · total · calculation · aggregation · keeping score · ticked off · arithmetic · cataloging · recording · accounted · indexing · analyzing

Opposites
precision of quantification

counted upestimated

Roughly calculated beforehand

guessed · approximated · guesstimated · ballparked · eyeballed

direction of enumeration

counted upcounted down

Enumerated in reverse

subtracted · deducted · decremented · reduced · diminished

action vs. inaction

counted upignored

Purposely not noticed

overlooked · neglected · disregarded

Family

count, counted, counting, counts, counter, counters, recount, recounted, recounting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G