transitive verb

1. to name numbers in regular order to (a certain number) to count five
2. to add up, one by one, by units or groups, so as to get a total count the money
3. to check by numbering off; inventory
4. to take account of; include six, counting me
5. to believe or take to be; consider to count oneself fortunate

Etymology: ME counten < OFr conter < L computare, compute

intransitive verb

1. to name numbers or add up items in order
2. to be taken into account; have importance, value, etc. his opinions don't count
3. to have a specified value: often with for a touchdown counts for six points
4. to rely or depend (on or upon)
5. Music to keep time by counting the beats

noun

1. the act of counting; adding or numbering
2. the number reached by counting; total number or quantity
3. a reckoning or accounting
4. Archaic regard; notice; account
5. Baseball the number of balls and strikes that have been pitched to the batter
6. Bowling the number of pins knocked down by the first ball in a frame following a frame in which a spare or strike is scored: added to the score of the spare or strike of the preceding frame
7. Boxing the counting of seconds up to ten, during which a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or lose the match
8. Law any of the charges in an indictment, each of which gives a reason and is sufficient for prosecution