I.
noun
1 act of counting
ADJECTIVE
▪ quick
▪ daily
▪
Our daily ~ of Web traffic tells us many people are visiting our site.
▪ vote
▪
The vote ~ should be repeated.
VERB + COUNT
▪ do , have
▪
We did a quick ~ of the children and there were none missing.
PHRASES
▪ at the last ~ , at the latest ~
▪
At the last ~ she had 43 cats!
▪ for a ~ of
▪
Raise your leg and hold it there for a ~ of ten.
2 measurement/total
ADJECTIVE
▪ total
▪ accurate
▪ elevated ( esp. AmE ), high
▪
an abnormally high white blood cell ~
▪ low
▪ blood , calorie , cell , pollen , sperm
▪
The pollen ~ is very high in the spring.
▪ body , head
▪
The movie has a high body ~ ( = many people are killed ).
▪
The company now has a head ~ of around 70 staff.
VERB + COUNT
▪ reduce
▪ increase
▪ keep
▪
Keep a ~ of your calorie intake for one week.
▪ lose
▪
I've lost ~ of the times I've heard that joke.
COUNT + VERB
▪ go up , increase , rise
▪ drop , fall , go down
▪
Her white cell ~ has gone down again.
3 legal charge
ADJECTIVE
▪ felony ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
to be charged with two ~s of murder
II.
verb
Count is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ census , ↑ impression , ↑ vote
Count is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ballot , ↑ beat , ↑ bill , ↑ calorie , ↑ change , ↑ cost , ↑ minute , ↑ money , ↑ number , ↑ takings , ↑ vote