COUNT

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, ~er, from Latin computare, from com- + putare to consider Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved ; number , to name the numbers in order up to and including , to include in a tallying and reckoning , to call aloud (beats or time units) , 2. consider , ac~ , to record as of an opinion or persuasion , to include or exclude by or as if by ~ing , intransitive verb 1. to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups , to ~ the units in a group, to rely or depend on someone or something, add , total , 4. to have value or significance , to deserve to be regarded or considered , II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the action or process of ~ing, a total obtained by ~ing ; tally , 2. archaic reckoning , ac~ , consideration , estimation , 3. allegation , charge , a specific point under consideration ; issue , the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by ~ing all or a subsample of them , 5. the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down, the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn , score , 6. a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces, the number of threads per square inch in a cloth, III. noun see: issue Date: 15th century a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl