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51Count — Recorded as Le Compte, Compte, Le Conte, Leconte, Conte, Le Count, Count, and others, this interesting surname is of ancient French origins. It is or was, in most instances a medieval nickname of occupation for an actor, one who played the part… …
52count — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. enumerate, tell, score, figure, account; matter, reckon; deem, consider, estimate. See judgment, numeration, nobility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Man of rank] Syn. nobleman, peer, grandee, earl; see… …
53count — 1. noun /kaʊnt/ a) The act of counting or tallying a quantity. Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough. b) The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. He has a 3 2 count with the bases… …
54count up — v. (d; intr.) to count up to (the child could count up to twenty) * * * [ kaʊnt ʌp] (d; intr.) to count up to (the child could count up to twenty) …
55Count — (COMES). An honorary term attached to various state offices, first used by Constantine I the Great (q.v.) and translated loosely into English as count, e.g., the Count of the Private Estates (comes rerum privatarum), who administered the… …
56Count — [[t]ka͟ʊnt[/t]] Counts N COUNT; N TITLE; N VOC A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl. Her father was a Polish Count. ...Count Otto Lambsdorff, leader of the Free Democratic Party …
57count me in — include me in your activity or plan. You can count me in I haven t been to a ballgame in years! Usage notes: also used in the form count someone in include someone: Dennis said the coach could count him in for Saturday s game. Opposite of: count… …
58count in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms count in : present tense I/you/we/they count in he/she/it counts in present participle counting in past tense counted in past participle counted in count someone in to include someone in your plans There s a… …
59count up — [verb] add, reckon up, sum, tally, total * * * ˌcount ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they count up he/she/it counts up present participle counting up …
60count — There are two distinct words count in English. Count ‘enumerate’ [14] comes ultimately from Latin computāre ‘calculate’ (source of English compute). It came into English from Old French conter, which had, via the notion of ‘adding up and… …
