n. 25B6; verb
she counted the money again : ADD UP, add together, reckon up, figure up, total, tally, calculate, compute; Brit. tot up; formal enumerate; dated cast up.
a company with 250 employees, not counting overseas staff : INCLUDE, take into account, take account of, take into consideration, allow for.
I count it a privilege to be asked : CONSIDER, think, feel, regard, look on as, view as, hold to be, judge, deem, account.
it's your mother's feelings that count : MATTER, be of consequence, be of account, be significant, signify, be important, carry weight; informal cut any ice.
25B6; noun
at the last count, the committee had 579 members : CALCULATION, computation, reckoning, tally; formal enumeration.
her white blood cell count : AMOUNT, number, total.
25A0; count on/upon
you can count on me : RELY ON, depend on, bank on, trust (in), be sure of, have (every) confidence in, believe in, put one's faith in, take for granted, take as read.
they hadn't counted on Rangers' indomitable spirit : EXPECT, reckon on, anticipate, envisage, allow for, be prepared for, bargain for/on; N. Amer. informal figure on.
25A0; out for the count (informal) . See unconscious adjective sense 1.