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■ verb
1》 determine the total number of.
2》 recite numbers in ascending order.
↘( ~ down ) recite or display numbers backwards to zero to indicate remaining time, especially before the launch of a rocket.
↘( ~ something out ) take out items one by one, keeping a note of how many one takes.
↘( ~ someone out ) complete a ~ of ten seconds over a fallen boxer to indicate defeat.
↘( ~ something out ) Brit. procure the adjournment of the House of Commons when fewer than forty members are present.
3》 take into ac~; include.
↘( ~ someone in or out ) include (or not include) someone in a planned activity.
4》 regard or be regarded as possessing a quality or fulfilling a role: people she had ~ed as her friends.
5》 matter; be significant: it was the critics that ~ed.
6》 ( ~ on/upon ) rely on.
■ noun
1》 an act of ~ing.
↘the total determined by ~ing.
↘a referee's ~ of up to ten seconds when a boxer is knocked down.
2》 a point for discussion or consideration.
↘ Law a separate charge in an indictment.
3》 the measure of the fineness of a yarn or woven fabric.
Phrases
~ one's blessings be grateful for what one has.
~ the cost calculate the consequences of a careless or foolish action.
~ the days (or hours ) be impatient for time to pass.
keep (or lose ) ~ take note of (or forget) the number or amount when ~ing.
out (or N. Amer. also down ) for the ~ Boxing defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~ably adverb
Origin
ME (asnoun): from OFr. ~e (n.), ~er (v.), from L. computare (see compute ).
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~ 2
■ noun a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.
Derivatives
~ship noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. conte , from L. comes , comit- 'companion, overseer, attendant'.