count

  1. Noun.  The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
  2. Noun.  The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
  3. Noun.  A countdown.
  4. Noun.  (legal) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
  5. Noun.  (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To enumerate the digits of one's numeral system.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
  9. Verb.  (intransitive) To be an example of something.
  10. Verb.  (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
  11. Noun.  The male ruler of a county; also known as an earl, especially in England. The female equivalent is countess.

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