counting

To recite numbers in sequence.

“Can you count to a hundred?”

To determine the number (of objects in a group).

“There are three apples; count them.”

To be of significance; to matter.

“Your views don’t count here.    It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.”

To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

“Apples count as a type of fruit.”

To consider something an example of something.

“He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.   I count you as more than a friend.”

To take account or note (of).

To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

A count

The act by which something is counted.