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I.count¹ S2 W3 /kaʊnt/ BrE AmE verb
[Word Family: noun: ↑count, ↑recount, ↑counter; verb: ↑count, ↑recount; adjective: ↑countable ≠ ↑uncountable, ↑countless]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conter, from Latin computare; ⇨ ↑compute]
1. FIND THE TOTAL [transitive] (also count up) to calculate the total number of things or people in a group:
I was amazed at the number of plants – I counted 147.
count (up) how many
Count up how many ticks are in each box.
2. SAY NUMBERS [intransitive] (also count up) to say numbers in order, one by one or in groups
count to
Sarah can count up to five now.
count by twos/fives etc
It’s quicker to count by tens (=saying 10, 20, 30 ...).
3. BE ALLOWED [intransitive and transitive] to be allowed or accepted, or to allow or accept something, according to a standard, set of ideas, or set of rules:
A linesman had his flag up so the kick did not count.
count as
Locally produced sales by American firms in Japan do not count as exports.
Today’s session is counted as training, so you will get paid.
count towards
Results from the two rounds count towards championship points.
4. INCLUDE [transitive] to include someone or something in a total:
There are more than two thousand of us, not counting the crew.
count somebody/something among something
I count Jules and Ady among my closest friends.
5. CONSIDER SOMETHING [transitive] to consider someone or something in a particular way
count somebody/something as something
I don’t count him as a friend any more.
You should count yourself lucky that you weren’t hurt.
6. IMPORTANT [intransitive not in progressive] to be important or valuable:
First impressions really do count.
count for
His promises don’t count for much.
His overseas results count for nothing.
7. I/you can count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand spoken used to emphasize how small the number of something is:
The number of cougar attacks on humans can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
8. don’t count your chickens (before they’re hatched) spoken used to say that you should not make plans that depend on something good happening, because it might not:
I wouldn’t count your chickens, Mr Vass. I’ve agreed to sign the contract, but that’s all.
9. count your blessings spoken used to tell someone to be grateful for the good things in their life
10. be counting (down) the minutes/hours/days to be waiting eagerly for something to happen:
I'm counting the days until I see you again.
11. count the cost to start having problems as a result of your earlier decisions or mistakes:
We’re now counting the cost of not taking out medical insurance.
12. who’s counting? used to say that you are not worried about the number of times something happens – often used humorously:
Apparently the next Star Trek film (number six, but who’s counting?) will definitely be the last.
13. and counting especially spoken used to say that an amount is continuing to increase:
At eight days and counting, this is the longest strike so far.
14. count sheep to imagine a line of sheep jumping over a fence, one at a time, and count them as a way of getting to sleep
⇨ stand up and be counted at ↑stand¹(5), ⇨ it’s the thought that counts at ↑thought²(12)
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THESAURUS
▪ calculate formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together: The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book.
▪ work out to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate, and is more common in everyday English: You need to work out how much you will need to borrow.
▪ figure out (also figure American English) informal to calculate an amount: We still haven't figured out how much it's all going to cost. | the method for figuring welfare payments
▪ count to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together: The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus.
▪ total (also total up) to add a number of things together to get a final number: Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner. | Okay, now let's total up who had the most points.
▪ quantify formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc: I think it's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons. | How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment? | a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the blood
▪ assess formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is: The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million. | They are still assessing the damage. | We need to have a better way of assessing students' progress.
▪ estimate to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have: The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%.
▪ put a figure on something to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot: It's hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million. | The company has refused to put a figure on its losses.
▪ project to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now: The company projects sales of $4 million this year.
count somebody in phrasal verb
to include someone in an activity:
When the game gets started, you can count me in.
count on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to depend on someone or something, especially in a difficult situation:
You can count on me.
With luck, you might cover your costs, but don’t count on it.
count on (somebody/something) doing something
We’re all counting on winning this contract.
They were counting on him not coming out of hospital.
count on somebody/something to do something
You can count on Dean to ruin any party.
2. to expect something:
The presence of Paula was one thing he hadn’t counted on.
count on (somebody/something) doing something
We didn’t count on so many people being on vacation.
count somebody/something out phrasal verb
1. to not include someone or something in an activity:
I’m sorry, you’ll have to count me out tonight.
2. to decide that someone or something is not important or worth considering:
I wouldn’t count him out. If anybody can make a comeback, he can.
3. count something ↔ out to put things down one by one as you count them:
The teller counted out ten $50 bills.
II.count² BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑count, ↑recount, ↑counter; verb: ↑count, ↑recount; adjective: ↑countable ≠ ↑uncountable, ↑countless]
[Sense 1-8: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conte, from conter; ⇨ ↑count¹]
[Sense 9: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conte, from Latin comes 'person you are with, member of the emperor's court', from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + ire 'to go']
1. TOTAL the process of counting, or the total that you get when you count things:
Hold your breath for a count of ten.
2. MEASUREMENT a measurement that shows how much of a substance is present in a place, area etc that is being examined:
The pollen count is high today.
3. lose count to forget a number you were calculating or a total you were trying to count
lose count of
There have been so many accidents here, the police have lost count of them.
4. keep count to keep a record of the changing total of something over a period of time
keep count of
I never manage to keep count of what I spend on my credit card.
5. on all/several/both etc counts in every way, in several ways etc:
It was important that they secured a large and widespread audience. They failed on both counts.
6. at the last count according to the latest information about a particular situation:
At the last count, I had 15 responses to my letter.
7. be out for the count
a) to be in a deep sleep
b) if a ↑boxer is out for the count, he has been knocked down for ten seconds or more
8. LAW technical one of the crimes that someone is charged with:
Davis was found not guilty on all counts.
count of theft/burglary/murder etc
He was charged with two counts of theft.
9. RANK/TITLE a European ↑nobleman with a high rank
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COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + count
▪ a rough count (=not exact) I made a rough count of the houses in the street.
▪ a quick count According to my quick count, there were 15.
▪ a head count (=of how many people are present) Make sure you do a head count before the children get back on the bus.
▪ a word/page count (=of how many words or pages there are) Your computer can do an automatic word count.
▪ a traffic count (=of how many vehicles pass through a place) We went to the main road at 9 am to begin our traffic count.
verbs
▪ do/make a count I looked at the report and did a quick page count.

counthu

◎	[kaunt]
※	danh từ
	■	bá tước ở Pháp hoặc ý (ngang hàng với earl ở Anh)
	■	hành động đếm; sự đếm; số đạt được sau khi đếm; tổng số đếm được
		☆	a second count of the votes in an election
			đếm phiếu lần 2 trong cuộc bầu cử
		☆	I want you to start on a count of 5
			tôi muốn anh bắt đầu sau khi tôi đếm đến 5
		☆	by my count, that's five cakes you've had already
			theo tôi đếm được thì cậu đã xơi năm cái bánh rồi
		☆	a high pollen count
			tổng số phấn hoa đếm được rất nhiều
		☆	body count
			việc đếm xác (sau một trận đánh)
	■	(the count) sự tuyên bố ai bị đo ván (quyền Anh)
		☆	Little Jimmy was really out for the count after that long tiring day
			Little Jimmy thực sự kiệt sức hẳn sau cái ngày mệt mỏi kéo dài đó
	■	(pháp lý) bất cứ vi phạm nào trong số những vi phạm mà một người bị buộc tội; điểm buộc tội
		☆	she was found guilty on all counts
			người ta xét thấy cô ta có tội so với tất cả các điểm buộc tội
	■	sự hoãn họp (khi chỉ có dưới 40 nghị viên có mặt) (nghị viện Anh) ((cũng) count-out)
	■	vấn đề được đưa ra để thảo luận hoặc tranh cãi
	〆	to keep count of...
		✓	biết đã đếm được bao nhiêu
	〆	to lose count of...
		✓	không nhớ đã đếm được bao nhiêu
※	động từ
	■	đếm; tính
		☆	he can't count yet
			nó chưa biết đếm
		☆	to count from 1 to 20
			đếm từ 1 đến 20
	■	tính tổng số của cái gì; cộng
		☆	don't forget to count your change
			nhớ đếm lại tiền lẻ trả lại
		☆	have the votes been counted up?
			đã đếm tổng số phiếu bầu chưa?
	■	kể cả, gồm cả, tính đến, kể đến
		☆	there were forty people there, not counting the children
			có bốn mươi người ở đây, không kể trẻ em
	■	có giá trị; đáng quan tâm
		☆	her opinion counts because of her experience
			ý kiến bà ta có giá trị vì bà ta có kinh nghiệm
		☆	knowledge without common sense counts for little
			có kiến thức mà thiếu lương tri thì cũng không có giá trị bao nhiêu
		☆	we've a few bullets left, so make each one count
			chúng tôi chỉ còn vài viên đạn, nên phải tính từng phát một
		☆	a few lines of rhyming doggerel don't count as poetry
			vài câu vè có vần đâu thể coi là thơ được
	■	coi là, coi như, cho là
		☆	to count oneself fortunate
			tự coi là mình gặp may
		☆	I count him a self-motivated student
			tôi cho anh ta là một sinh viên năng nổ
		☆	we count her as one of our habitual customers
			chúng tôi xem bà ấy như một trong những thân chủ của chúng tôi
	〆	to count down
		✓	đếm ngược từ 10 đến 0 (trong các cuộc thí nghiệm...)
	〆	to count on/upon somebody/something
		✓	hy vọng ở ai/cái gì, trông mong ở ai/cái gì
	〆	to count something out
		✓	đếm (đồ vật) từng cái một
			☆	the old lady counted out thirty pence and gave it to the shop assistant
				bạ cụ đếm ba mươi pen chậm chạp từng đồng một, rồi đưa cho người bán hàng
	〆	to count somebody out
		✓	đếm đến mười (một võ sĩ quyền Anh đã bị đánh ngã) cho biết là anh ta đã bị đo ván; (thông tục) không kể đến ai
			☆	the referee counted him out in the first round
				trọng tài tuyên bố là anh ấy đã bị đo ván ở hiệp một
			☆	if it's going to be a rowdy party, you can count me out
				nếu sẽ là một buổi liên hoan om sòm thì anh có thể coi như không có tôi
	〆	to count towards something
		✓	được bao gồm để tính vào cái gì
			☆	these payments will count towards your pension
				những khoản tiền trẻ này sẽ được tính vào lương hưu của anh
	〆	to count up to something
		✓	đạt đến tổng số đã được nói rõ; cộng thêm vào cái gì; cộng sổ
			☆	these small contributions soon count up to a sizeable amount
				chẳng bao lâu những đóng góp nhỏ đó cộng lại sẽ thành một con số lớn
	〆	to count the cost (of something)
		✓	gánh chịu hậu quả của hành động dại dột
			☆	the town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection
				thành phố hiện đang gánh lấy hậu quả của việc thiếu biện pháp phòng ngừa lũ lụt
	〆	to count somebody/something as (for) dead (lost)
		✓	coi như đã chết (mất)
	〆	to count for much (little, nothing)
		✓	rất (ít, không) có giá trị, rất (ít, không) có tác dụng
	〆	to count one's chickens (before they are hatched)
		✓	chưa đẻ đã vội đặt tên
	〆	count your blessings!
		✓	hãy biết ơn Chúa về những gì anh đang có!
	〆	to count against somebody; to count something against somebody
		✓	bị coi là cái gì bất lợi cho ai
			☆	your criminal record could count against you in finding a job
				hồ sơ tội phạm có thể bất lợi cho anh trong vấn đề tìm việc làm
			☆	he's young and inexperienced, but please do not count that against
				anh ta trẻ và ít kinh nghiệm, nhưng đừng xem đó là điều bất lợi cho anh ta
	〆	to count among somebody/something; to count somebody/something among somebody/something
		✓	xem ai/cái gì như một bộ phận của một nhóm đã nói
			☆	she counts among the most gifted of the current generation of composers
				bà ấy thuộc trong số những người có tài nhất của thế hệ những nhà soạn nhạc hiện nay
			☆	I no longer count him among my friends
				tôi không còn coi anh ta nằm trong số bạn bè tôi nữa

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally, reckon, bet, depend, look, calculate, number, consider, weigh, matter, enumerate, numerate