Definition of count

• v. t. - To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
• v. t. - To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
• v. t. - To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
• v. i. - To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
• v. i. - To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
• v. i. - To take account or note; -- with
• v. i. - To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
• v. t. - The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
• v. t. - An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
• v. t. - A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
• n. - A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.