count
noun/kaʊnt/
Слово англійською: count
Переклад count українською: граф, підрахунок, рахунок, увага
Детальний опис
- [usually singular] an act of counting to find the total number of somebody/something
- If the election result is close, there will be a second count.
- The bus driver did a quick count of the empty seats.
- by somebody's count By my count there are eight tracks here that aren't on the band's three albums.
- [usually singular] an act of saying numbers in order beginning with 1
- count of… 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).
- The referee didn't even finish the count when he saw that Juarez was unable to continue.
- on a/the count of… On the count of three, take one step forward.
- [usually singular] (specialist) a measurement of the amount of something contained in a particular substance or area
- a raised white blood cell count
- (law) a crime that somebody is accused of committing
- They were found guilty on all counts.
- to be charged with two counts of murder
- She appeared in court on three counts of fraud.
- [usually plural] a point made during a discussion or an argument
- I disagree with you on both counts.
- (in some European countries, but not the UK) a nobleman of high rank, similar to an earl in the UK
- Count Tolstoy
total
saying numbers
measurement
crime
in discussion/argument
rank/title
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 6 late Middle English: from Old French conte, from Latin comes, comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ (in late Latin ‘person holding a state office’), from com- ‘together with’ + it- ‘gone’ (from the verb ire ‘go’).
Idioms
at the last count
- according to the latest information about the numbers of something
- She'd applied for 30 jobs at the last count.
- At the last count he had 43 cats!
keep (a) count (of something)
- to remember or keep a record of numbers or amounts of something over a period of time
- Keep a count of your calorie intake for one week.
lose count (of something)
- to forget the total of something 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).
- I've lost count of the times I've heard that joke.
out for the count (British English)
(North American English down for the count)
- (of a boxer) unable to get up again within ten seconds after being knocked down
- in a deep sleep