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ALL meanings of count off

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  • noun count off to separate into equal divisions by counting 3
  • verb with object count off to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten. 1
  • verb with object count off to reckon up; calculate; compute. 1
  • verb with object count off to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count ten. 1
  • verb with object count off to include in a reckoning; take into account: There are five of us here, counting me. 1
  • verb with object count off to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute. 1
  • verb with object count off to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash. 1
  • verb without object count off to count the items of a collection one by one in order to determine the total: She counted three times before she was satisfied that none was missing. 1
  • verb without object count off to list or name numerals in order: to count to 100 by fives. 1
  • verb without object count off to reckon numerically. 1
  • verb without object count off to have a specified numerical value. 1
  • verb without object count off to be accounted or worth something: That first try didn't count—I was just practicing. 1
  • verb without object count off to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts. 1
  • verb without object count off to have worth; amount (usually followed by for): Intelligence counts for something. 1
  • noun count off the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation: A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed. 1
  • noun count off the number representing the result of a process of counting; the total number. 1
  • noun count off an accounting. 1
  • noun count off Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usually designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat: a count of two balls and one strike. 1
  • noun count off Law. a distinct charge or theory of action in a declaration or indictment: He was found guilty on two counts of theft. 1
  • noun count off Textiles. a number representing the size or quality of yarn, especially the number based on the relation of weight to length of the yarn and indicating its degree of coarseness. the number of warp and filling threads per square inch in woven material, representing the texture of the fabric. 1
  • noun count off Bowling. the number of pins struck down by the first ball rolled by a bowler in the frame following a spare and included in the score for the frame in which the spare was made. 1
  • noun count off Physics. a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter. the indication of the total number of ionizing reactions registered by an ionization chamber in a given period of time. 1
  • noun count off Archaic. regard; notice. 1
  • noun count off the count, Boxing. the calling aloud by the referee of the seconds from 1 to 10 while a downed boxer remains off his feet. Completion of the count signifies a knockout, which the referee then declares: A hard right sent the challenger down for the count. Also called the full count. 1
  • adjective count off noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count. 1
  • idioms count off count coup. coup1 (def 4). 1
  • verb count off (Transitive Verb) To count (a series of numbers) aloud. 0
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