count
verb (used with object)
to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.
counted
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past participleof count.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof count.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
countverb (used with object)to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.
Example Sentences
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Damien Charlotin, an adjunct professor at UC Law San Francisco who tracks AI-generated errors in court cases, has counted 148 family-law rulings in which judges flagged fake citations or other apparent AI mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
In November 2020, Alito agreed with Pennsylvania state officials and said they should set aside late-arriving mail ballots to be counted separately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
BBC Verify visited an election centre in Maryland to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed and counted.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
And historically, businesses also counted on getting free traffic to their sites from search engine optimization as users browsed the web.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
I counted 146 windows across the face of the building alone.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
