ALL meanings of count on
count on
C c - phrasal verb count on If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans. 3
- phrasal verb count on If you count on someone or count upon them, you rely on them to support you or help you. 3
- verb count on to rely or depend on 3
- transitivephrasal verb count on trust, rely on 1
- transitivephrasal verb count on expect, be confident of 1
- verb with object count on 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 on to reckon up; calculate; compute. 1
- verb with object count on to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count ten. 1
- verb with object count on to include in a reckoning; take into account: There are five of us here, counting me. 1
- verb with object count on to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute. 1
- verb with object count on to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash. 1
- verb without object count on 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 on to list or name numerals in order: to count to 100 by fives. 1
- verb without object count on to reckon numerically. 1
- verb without object count on to have a specified numerical value. 1
- verb without object count on to be accounted or worth something: That first try didn't count—I was just practicing. 1
- verb without object count on to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts. 1
- verb without object count on to have worth; amount (usually followed by for): Intelligence counts for something. 1
- noun count on the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation: A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed. 1
- noun count on the number representing the result of a process of counting; the total number. 1
- noun count on an accounting. 1
- noun count on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on Archaic. regard; notice. 1
- noun count on 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 on noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count. 1
- idioms count on count coup. coup1 (def 4). 1
- verb count on (Idiomatic) VT to rely upon, trust, or expect. 0