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# count

verb (count, counts, counted, counting); noun (count, counts)

«count» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To count is to say numbers in order: count to ten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m1)
2. To count is to find how many things there are: count the apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m2)
3. To count means to matter or be allowed: that goal doesn't count. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m3)
4. To count on someone is to trust them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m4)
5. A count is the number you get by counting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m5)
6. A count is a nobleman, a man of high rank in some European countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#m6)

### In the lessons

finding how many things there are; in maths «count on» (add by counting forward), «count back» (subtract by counting back), «count in twos, fives, tens» (skip-counting, which leads to multiplying); in science counting things in an experiment; in everyday life «count down», «you can count on me»

### Examples

- Watch, count, and imagine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x1)
- Count the apples on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x2)
- Ella counts 14 birds in the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x3)
- Count on from 8: nine, ten, eleven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x4)
- Let's count in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x5)
- The teacher counted the children before the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x6)
- Ten, nine, eight … the rocket is ready! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x7)
- You can count on me to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x8)
- Did that goal count? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x9)
- The Count would be very angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/#x10)

### Note

Counting is the basis of every operation; no clue for which one. «Count on» from the bigger number to add; «count back» to subtract; skip-counting in equal steps is multiplying. «count on someone» means to trust them, not adding.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it can also mean to reckon something as a quality, as in "counted it to him for righteousness."

**Interpretation.** Abraham's faith was counted as righteousness, which tradition takes as God valuing trust. The census and the counting of the Omer are also commanded.

### Examples

- Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x1)
- And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness. (Torah GEN.15.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x2)
- then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession. (Torah LEV.25.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x3)
- Where is he that counted the towers?' (Prophets ISA.33.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x4)
- Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps? (Writings JOB.31.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x5)
- I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies. (Writings PSA.139.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/#x6)

### Note

Counting is the basis of every operation; no clue for which one. «Count on» from the bigger number to add; «count back» to subtract; skip-counting in equal steps is multiplying. «count on someone» means to trust them, not adding.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «count» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/count/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«count» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/count.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «count» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/count/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«count» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/count.html) on Mova free.