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  1. transitive verb To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
  2. transitive verb To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including: count three before firing.
  3. transitive verb To include in a reckoning; take account of: ten dogs, counting the puppies.
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  • Word counts for translated works shall be based on the English word count.
  • In fact, my count is at least 100 (as of a few weeks ago). —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Apparently my expectations on this count were also wrong. —  Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
  • Next, a new administration walks in the door, and the count is already at $1. 6tn as the new administration is walking in the door, and what's the first thing they do? —  Donklephant
  • By the first of April, the count will be at least 1,000, according to Sandy Dralle, executive director of SPCA. —  Bakersfield.com Latest news
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  1. Middle English counten, from Old French conter, from Latin computāre, to calculate : com-, com- + putāre, to think; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English counte, from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes, comit-, occupant of any state office, from Latin, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English counten, from Old French cunter, conter, French conter = Provencal comtar, condar = Spanish Portuguese contar = Italian contare, from Latin computare, count, compute: see compute, which is a doublet of count. Cf. compt.
  2. from Middle English counte, from Old French cunte, conte, French compte = Provencal compte, comte = Spanish cuento, cuenta = Portuguese conta = Italian conto, from Late Latin computus, count, reckoning; from the verb.
  3. Not in Middle English except in feminine form countess, q. v.; from Old French conte, comte, French comte = Provencal coms = Spanish Portuguese conde = Italian conte, from Latin comes (comit-), a companion, later a title of office or honor (cf. constable), from com-, together, + ire, supine itum, go, = Greek ἰέναι, go: see go.
 

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