count

/kɑʊnt/ v [I/T] (CALCULATE)

Definition

› to say the names of numbers one after the other in order, or to calculate the number of units in a group: [I] By the time I count to three, you’d better be in bed. [T] The teachers counted the students as they boarded the bus. [T] There’ll be eight for dinner, counting (= including) us. [+ question word] Can you count how many pencils are left?

(Definition of count v (CALCULATE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)