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# count

«count» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say numbers in order: count to ten** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (count, counts, counted, counting); noun (count, counts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To count is to say numbers in order: count to ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m1)

2) To count is to find how many things there are: count the apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m2)

3) To count means to matter or be allowed: that goal doesn't count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m3)

4) To count on someone is to trust them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m4)

5) A count is the number you get by counting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m5)

6) A count is a nobleman, a man of high rank in some European countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

finding how many things there are; in maths «count on» (add by counting forward), «count back» (subtract by counting back), «count in twos, fives, tens» (skip-counting, which leads to multiplying); in science counting things in an experiment; in everyday life «count down», «you can count on me»

### examples

- Watch, count, and imagine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x1)
- Count the apples on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x2)
- Ella counts 14 birds in the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x3)
- Count on from 8: nine, ten, eleven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x4)
- Let's count in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x5)
- The teacher counted the children before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x6)
- Ten, nine, eight … the rocket is ready! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x7)
- You can count on me to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x8)
- Did that goal count? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x9)
- The Count would be very angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x10)

### note

Counting is the basis of every operation; no clue for which one. «Count on» from the bigger number to add; «count back» to subtract; skip-counting in equal steps is multiplying. «count on someone» means to trust them, not adding.

### In the corpora

- [«Third time this week» is nobody's count, and why he parks there is his business until somebody simply asks him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/11/)
- [Slow breathing, such as breathing in while counting to four and out while counting to six, helps calm a racing heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/21/)
- [The last thing a speaker says after «no wait» or «sorry, I mean» is the one that counts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/22/)
- [Which numbers really count?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/7/)
- [Whether that counts as real understanding is something scientists still argue about, but it has never felt sad in a body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «count» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.