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.
counts
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present tense formof count (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But on July 8, 2022, the jury acquitted me on four counts and convicted me on two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also stacks an additional $15,000 credit for each new hire to incentivize expanding journalist head counts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In the shifting labor landscape, people in their 20s are trying to figure out what counts as success.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
By some counts, it would have been the eighth.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
He counts to eighty-seven, and then he flips the pancake by tossing it in the pan.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
