English Dictionary
◊ COUNT
count
n 1: the total number counted: "a blood count"
2: the act of counting [syn: {counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration},
{reckoning}, {tally}]
3: a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a
British earl
v 1: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books
on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: {number}, {enumerate}]
2: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter
much" [syn: {matter}, {weigh}]
3: show consideration for; take into account; "You must
consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's
youth and was lenient" [syn: {consider}, {weigh}]
4: name or recite the numbers; "The toddler could count to 100"
5: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize
winners among its members" [syn: {number}]
6: include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the
opposition"
7: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
"Count on the monsoon" [syn: {reckon}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN COUNTED?
counted
A term describing a {set} with an explicit
{isomorphism} to the {natural numbers}.
Compare: {countable}.
(1995-04-13)