Amount vs. Count
Amount and Count Definitions
Amount
The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
Count
To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
Amount
A number; a sum.
Count
To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including
Count three before firing.
Amount
A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
Count
To include in a reckoning; take account of
Ten dogs, counting the puppies.
ADVERTISEMENT
Amount
The full effect or meaning; import.
Count
To include by or as if by counting
Count me in.
Amount
Quantity
A great amount of intelligence.
Count
To exclude by or as if by counting
Count me out.
Amount
To add up in number or quantity
The purchases amounted to 50 dollars.
Count
To believe or consider to be; deem
Count yourself lucky.
ADVERTISEMENT
Amount
To add up in import or effect
That plan will never amount to anything.
Count
To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups
Counted by tens.
Amount
To be equivalent or tantamount
Accusations that amount to an indictment.
Count
To have importance
You really count with me.
Amount
The total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English.
The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
Count
To have a specified importance or value
Their opinions count for little. Each basket counts for two points.
ADVERTISEMENT
Amount
A quantity or volume.
Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
The dogs need different amounts of food.
Count
(Music) To keep time by counting beats.
Amount
The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Count
The act of counting or calculating.
Amount
To total or evaluate.
It amounts to three dollars and change.
Count
A number reached by counting.
Amount
To be the same as or equivalent to.
He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
His response amounted to gross insubordination
Count
The totality of specific items in a particular sample
A white blood cell count.
Amount
To go up; to ascend.
Count
(Law) Any of the separate and distinct charges or causes of action in an indictment or complaint.
Amount
To go up; to ascend.
So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
Count
(Sports) The counting from one to ten seconds, during which time a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or be declared the loser.
Amount
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; - with to or unto.
Count
(Baseball) The number of balls and strikes that an umpire has called against a batter.
Amount
To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
Count
A nobleman in some European countries.
Amount
To signify; to amount to.
Count
Used as a title for such a nobleman.
Amount
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
Count
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
Amount
The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.
The whole amount of that enormous fame.
Count
(transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.
Amount
How much of something is available;
An adequate amount of food for four people
Count
(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
Amount
A quantity of money;
He borrowed a large sum
The amount he had in cash was insufficient
Count
(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
Your views don’t count here.
It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
Amount
How much there is of something that you can quantify
Count
(intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
Apples count as a type of fruit.
Amount
A quantity obtained by addition
Count
(transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.
I count you as more than a friend.
Amount
Be tantamount or equivalent to;
Her action amounted to a rebellion
Count
(transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.
Amount
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Count
To take account or note (of), to care (for).
Amount
Develop into;
This idea will never amount to anything
Nothing came of his grandiose plans
Count
To recount, to tell.
Count
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Count
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.
Count
The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
Count
A countdown.
Count
(legal) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
Count
(baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.
Count
(obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Count
The male ruler of a county.
Count
A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
Count
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
Count
Countable.
Count
To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
Who can count the dust of Jacob?
In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins.
Count
To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Count
To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
I count myself in nothing else so happyAs in a soul remembering my good friends.
Count
To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.
Count
To reckon; to rely; to depend; - with on or upon.
He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice.
I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages.
Count
To take account or note; - with
Count
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Count
The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
Of blessed saints for to increase the count.
By this count, I shall be much in years.
Count
An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
Count
A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
Count
A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
Count
The total number counted;
A blood count
Count
The act of counting;
The counting continued for several hours
Count
A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
Count
Determine the number or amount of;
Can you count the books on your shelf?
Count your change
Count
Have weight; have import, carry weight;
It does not matter much
Count
Show consideration for; take into account;
You must consider her age
The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
Count
Name or recite the numbers;
The toddler could count to 100
Count
Put into a group;
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Count
Include as if by counting;
I can count my colleagues in the opposition
Count
Have faith or confidence in;
You can count on me to help you any time
Look to your friends for support
You can bet on that!
Depend on your family in times of crisis
Count
Take account of;
You have to reckon with our opponents
Count on the monsoon
