count
US: /ˈkaʊnt/
UK: /kˈaʊnt/
UK: /kˈaʊnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
count /kaunt/
- danh từ
- bá tước (không phải ở Anh) ((xem) earl)
- sự đếm; sự tính
- body count: việc đếm xác (sau một trận đánh)
- tổng số
- điểm trong lời buộc tội
- sự hoãn họp (khi chỉ có dưới 40 nghị viên có mặt) (nghị viện Anh) ((cũng) count-out)
- to keep count of
- biết đã đếm được bao nhiêu
- to lose count of
- không nhớ đã đếm được bao nhiêu
- ngoại động từ
- đếm; tính
- kể cả, gồm cả, tính đến, kể đến
- there were forty people there, not count ing the children: có bốn mươi người ở đây, không kể trẻ em
- coi là, coi như, chom là
- to count oneself fortunate: tự coi là được may mắn
- nội động từ
- đếm, tính
- to count from one to twenty: đếm từ 1 đến 20
- có giá trị; được kể đến, được tính đến, được chú ý đến, được quan tâm đến
- that doesn't count: chuyện ấy không đáng quan tâm đến
- to count down
- đếm ngược từ 10 đến 0 (trong các cuộc thí nghiệm...)
- to count on
- to count upon
- hy vọng ở, trông mong ở
- to count out
- để riêng ra, không tính vào (một tổng số)
- đếm ra, lấy ra
- tuyên bố bị đo ván (quyền Anh) (sau khi đã đếm đến 10 mà chưa dậy được)
- hoãn họp (vì không đủ 40 người) (nghị viện Anh)
- to count up
- cộng sổ, tính sổ
- to count the cost
- tính toán hơn thiệt
- to count as (for) dead (lost)
- coi như đã chết (mất)
- to count for much (little, nothing)
- rất (ít, không) có giá trị, rất (ít, không) có tác dụng
- to count one's chickens before thay are hatched
- (xem) chicken
- to count upon
- đếm, tính
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
say numbers
1 [V] ~ (from sth) (to / up to sth) to say numbers in the correct order: Billy can't count yet. + She can count up to 10 in Italian. + to count from 1 to 10
find total
2 ~ (sth) (up) to calculate the total number of people, things, etc. in a particular group: [VN] The diet is based on counting calories. + Count the 'yes' votes and the 'no' votes separately. + [V wh-] She began to count up how many guests they had to invite. + [V] There are 12 weeks to go, counting from today.
include
3 [VN] to include sb/sth when you calculate a total: We have invited 50 people, not counting the children.
matter
4 [V] ~ (for sth) (not used in the progressive tenses) to be important: Every point in this game counts. + The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him. + It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift).
accept officially
5 to be officially accepted; to accept sth officially: [V] Don't go over that line or your throw won't count. + [VN] Applications received after 1 July will not be counted.
consider
6 ~ sb/sth (as) sb/sth
~ as sb/sth to consider sb/sth in a particular way; to be considered in a particular way: [V, VN] For tax purposes that money counts / is counted as income. + [VN] I count him among my closest friends. + [VN-ADJ] I count myself lucky to have known him. + [VN-N] She counts herself one of the lucky ones.
Idioms: be able to count sb/sth on (the fingers of) one hand used to say that the total number of sb/sth is very small: She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.
count your blessings to be grateful for the good things in your life
don't count your chickens (before they are hatched) (saying) you should not be too confident that sth will be successful, because sth may still go wrong
count the cost (of sth) to feel the bad effects of a mistake, an accident, etc: The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
count sheep to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep
stand up and be counted to say publicly that you support sb or you agree with sth
Who's counting? (informal) used to say that you do not care how many times sth happens: The next Star Trek movie (number six, but who's counting?) will be the last.
Phrasal Verbs: count against sb
count sth against sb to be considered or to consider sth as a disadvantage in sb: For that job her lack of experience may count against her. + He has a criminal record but we hope that prospective employers won't count it against him.
count down (to sth) to think about a future event with pleasure or excitement and count the minutes, days, etc. until it happens: She's already counting down to the big day.
related noun COUNTDOWN
count sb in to include sb in an activity: I hear you're organizing a trip to the game next week? Count me in!
count on sb/sth to trust sb to do sth or to be sure that sth will happen: 'I'm sure he'll help.' 'Don't count on it.' + [+ to inf] I'm counting on you to help me. + [+ -ing] Few people can count on having a job for life. + We can't count on this warm weather lasting.
count sb/sth<->out to count things one after the other as you put them somewhere: She counted out £70 in £10 notes.
count sb out to not include sb in an activity: If you're going out tonight you'll have to count me out.
count towards / toward sth to be included as part of sth that you hope to achieve in the future: Students gain college credits which count towards their degree.
+ noun
total
1 [usually sing.] an act of counting to find the total number of sth; the total number that you find: The bus driver did a quick count of the empty seats. + If the election result is close, there will be a second count. + The body count (= the total number of people who have died) stands at 24.
See also -
saying numbers
2 [usually sing.] an act of saying numbers in order beginning with 1: Raise your leg and hold for a count of ten. + He was knocked to the ground and stayed down for a count of eight (= in boxing). + On the count of three, take one step forward.
measurement
3 [usually sing.] (technical) a measurement of the amount of sth contained in a particular substance or area: a raised white blood cell count
See also -
crime
4 (law) a crime that sb is accused of committing: They were found guilty on all counts. + She appeared in court on three counts of fraud.
in discussion / argument
5 [usually pl.] a point made during a discussion or an argument: I disagree with you on both counts.
rank / title
6 (in some European countries) a NOBLEMAN of high rank, similar to an EARL in Britain: Count Tolstoy
See also -
Idioms: at the last count according to the latest information about the numbers of sth: She'd applied for 30 jobs at the last count.
keep (a) count (of sth) to remember or keep a record of numbers or amounts of sth over a period of time: Keep a count of your calorie intake for one week.
lose count (of sth) to forget the total of sth before you have finished counting it: I lost count and had to start again. + She had lost count of the number of times she'd told him to be careful (= she could not remember because there were so many).
out for the count (BrE) (AmE down for the count)
1 (of a boxer) unable to get up again within ten seconds after being knocked down
2 in a deep sleep
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 count up or off, enumerate, number, calculate, add up, total, reckon, compute, tally, figure up, quantify, Colloq figure out:
Maddie counted the number of pencils in the box.
2 include, consider, regard, deem, judge, look on or upon:
You can count me among those who favour the idea.
3 count on or upon. rely on or upon, depend on or upon, be sure of, trust, bank on, be confident of, Chiefly Brit or US dialect reckon on or upon, Chiefly US figure on or upon:
I knew I could count on Moira to do the right thing.
Collocation dictionary
1 act of counting
VERB + COUNT
do, have
We did a quick count of the children and there were none missing.
PREP.
for a ~
Raise your leg and hold it there for a count of ten.
PHRASES
at the last/latest count
At the last count she had 43 cats!
2 measurement/total
ADJ.
high | low | blood, calorie, cell, pollen, sperm
The pollen count is very high in the spring.
| body, head
The movie depends on good dialogue rather than violence and a high body count. The firm now has a head count of around 70 staff.
VERB + COUNT
keep
Keep a count of your calorie intake for one week.
| lose
I've lost count of the times I've heard that joke.
COUNT + VERB
go up, increase, rise | drop, go down
Her white cell count has gone down again.
Concise English dictionary
counts|counted|countingkaʊnt
noun
+the total number counted
+the act of counting
+a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
verb
+determine the number or amount of
+have weight; have import, carry weight
+show consideration for; take into account
+name or recite the numbers
+put into a group
+include as if by counting
+have faith or confidence in
+take account of
