count
/kaʊnt/ nounDefinition
NUMBER [C] › when you count something, or the total number you get after counting: [usually singular] At the last count there were 410 club members.
lose count › to forget how many of something there is: I've lost count of the number of times she's arrived late.
on all/both/several, etc counts › in all, both, several, etc parts of a situation, argument, etc: I had been wrong on both counts.
RANK [C] (also Count) › a man of high social rank in some European countries
CRIME [C] › one of the times that someone has been accused of a particular crime: He was charged with two counts of assault. → See also pollen count
(Definition of count noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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