Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to count on sth
Participle: counted on sth
Gerund: counting on sth
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | count on sth |
| you | count on sth |
| he;she;it | counts on sth |
| we | count on sth |
| you | count on sth |
| they | count on sth |
Perfect
| I | have counted on sth |
| you | have counted on sth |
| he;she;it | has counted on sth |
| we | have counted on sth |
| you | have counted on sth |
| they | have counted on sth |
Past
| I | counted on sth |
| you | counted on sth |
| he;she;it | counted on sth |
| we | counted on sth |
| you | counted on sth |
| they | counted on sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had counted on sth |
| you | had counted on sth |
| he;she;it | had counted on sth |
| we | had counted on sth |
| you | had counted on sth |
| they | had counted on sth |
Future
| I | will count on sth |
| you | will count on sth |
| he;she;it | will count on sth |
| we | will count on sth |
| you | will count on sth |
| they | will count on sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have counted on sth |
| you | will have counted on sth |
| he;she;it | will have counted on sth |
| we | will have counted on sth |
| you | will have counted on sth |
| they | will have counted on sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | count on sth |
| you | count on sth |
| he;she;it | count on sth |
| we | count on sth |
| you | count on sth |
| they | count on sth |
Perfect
| I | have counted on sth |
| you | have counted on sth |
| he;she;it | have counted on sth |
| we | have counted on sth |
| you | have counted on sth |
| they | have counted on sth |
Imperfect
| I | counted on sth |
| you | counted on sth |
| he;she;it | counted on sth |
| we | counted on sth |
| you | counted on sth |
| they | counted on sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had counted on sth |
| you | had counted on sth |
| he;she;it | had counted on sth |
| we | had counted on sth |
| you | had counted on sth |
| they | had counted on sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would count on sth |
| you | would count on sth |
| he;she;it | would count on sth |
| we | would count on sth |
| you | would count on sth |
| they | would count on sth |
Perfect
| I | would have counted on sth |
| you | would have counted on sth |
| he;she;it | would have counted on sth |
| we | would have counted on sth |
| you | would have counted on sth |
| they | would have counted on sth |
Imperative
| you | count on sth |
| we | Let's count on sth |
| you | count on sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'count'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'count'
court,
mount,
account,
amount,
blunt,
boult,
boun,
bound,
bout,
brunt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- enumerate
- reckon, compute, number, numerate, sum, tale, figure
- determine the amount of
- enumerate, tick off
- count something
- tally
- count
- numerate
- to determine the number (of objects in a group)
- enumerate, numerate, tally, tell, tell off
- influence
- weight, tell
Antonyms
- to determine the number (of objects in a group)
- miscount
- influence
- ineffectiveness, impotence, futility, incapacity
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ against somebody,
~ against something,
~ down (something),
~ (something) down,
~ for something,
~ in somebody,
~ somebody in,
~ off,
~ off somebody,
~ off something,
~ somebody off,
~ something off,
~ on somebody,
~ upon somebody,
~ on something,
~ upon something,
~ out somebody,
~ somebody out,
~ out something,
~ something out,
~ towards something,
~ up something,
~ up somebody,
~ something up,
~ somebody up,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Italic *kom
5. Proto-Italic *kom-
6. Latin con-
7. Latin putus
8. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
9. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
13. Proto-Italic *-ājō
14. Proto-Italic *-āō
15. Latin -ō
16. Latin putō
17. Latin computō
18. Anglo-Norman counterbor.
19. Middle English counten
20. English count
21. From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute.
22. Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax). See: Middle English '
counten', Anglo-Norman '
conter', Old French '
conter', Latin '
computō'.
Verbs referencing "count"
Spanish
contar, Ido kontar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] inch larger, would have been quite a disagreeable and deplorable state of things. And with this; and with showing how,—by very nearly closing the door, and twining in and out like serpents, and by counting the little washing slab as standing-room,—we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time; and entreating each other to observe how very airy it was (in dock ), and how there was a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] very happy if she have her knitting or sewing, and will busy herself for hours; if she have no occupation, she evidently amuses herself by imaginary dialogues, or by recalling past impressions; she counts with her fingers, or spells out names of things which she has recently learned, in the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes. In this lonely self-communion she seems to reason, reflect, and argue; if [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his pleasure. During the day, his bedstead turns up against the wall, and leaves more space for him to work in. His loom, or bench, or wheel, is there; and there he labours, sleeps and wakes, and counts the seasons as they change, and grows old.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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He smiled as I looked at these contrivances to while away the time; but when I looked from them to him, I saw that his lip trembled, and could have counted the beating of his heart. I forget how it came about, but some allusion was made to his having a wife. He shook his head at the word, turned aside, and covered his face with his hands.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in a blanket on the floor. He jumps up, grins, half in pain and half in hospitality; whispers my own name in my ear; and groping among the sleepers, leads me to my berth. Standing beside it, I count these slumbering passengers, and get past forty. There is no use in going further, so I begin to undress. As the chairs are all occupied, and there is nothing else to put my clothes on, I deposit [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] on some occasion of rejoicing. It is an excellent house, and the proprietors have most bountiful notions of providing the creature comforts. Dining alone with my wife in our own room, one day, I counted fourteen dishes on the table at once.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] developments with regard to Miss Ophelia's wardrobe which she had been enabled to make. It was credibly ascertained that Squire Sinclare, as his name was commonly contracted in the neighborhood, had counted out fifty dollars, and given them to Miss Ophelia, and told her to buy any clothes she thought best; and that two new silk dresses, and a bonnet, had been sent for from Boston. As to the propriety [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Trusted to an unlimited extent by a careless master, who handed him a bill without looking at it, and pocketed the change without counting it, Tom had every facility and temptation to dishonesty; and nothing but an impregnable simplicity of nature, strengthened by Christian faith, could have kept him from it. But, to that nature, the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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For some reason or other, Legree neither spoke nor moved; a vague horror fell on him; while Cassy, with a keen, sneering glitter in her eyes, stood looking at him, counting the strokes.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She unlocked the desk, took from it a roll of bills, which she counted over rapidly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)