count

Noun
  1. is a type of: number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units
    subtypes:
    • complement - a complete number or quantity
    • blood count - the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
    • body count - a count of troops killed in an operation or time period
    • circulation - number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold
    • circulation - (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period
    • head count, headcount - number of people in a particular group
    • pollen count - the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place
    • sperm count - the number of sperm in an ejaculate
  2. is a type of: investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
    subtypes:
    • blood count - the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
    • census, nose count, nosecount - a periodic count of the population
    • countdown - counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
    • miscount - an inaccurate count
    • poll - the counting of votes (as in an election)
    • recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
    • sperm count - the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate
    same as: counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally
  3. is a type of: lord, noble, nobleman - a titled peer of the realm
    subtypes:
    • count palatine - a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
    • landgrave - a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
Verb
  1. is a type of: ascertain, determine, find, find out - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    subtypes:
    same as: enumerate, number, numerate
  2. is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes: press, weigh - to be oppressive or burdensome
    same as: matter, weigh
  3. same as: consider, weigh
  4. is a type of: recite - repeat aloud from memory
    subtypes: count down - count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example
  5. is a type of: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out - arrange or order by classes or categories
    same as: number
  6. is a type of: include - consider as part of something
  7. is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  8. is a type of: trust - have confidence or faith in
    same as: bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear
  9. is a type of: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
    same as: reckon

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