determine the total number of (a collection of items)

I started to count the stars I could see

they counted up their change

take into account; include

the staff has shrunk to four, or five if you count the European director

be significant

it did not matter what the audience thought—it was the critics that counted

an act of determining the total number of something

at the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding

the party's only candidate was eliminated at the first count

an act of reciting numbers in ascending order, up to the specified number

hold the position for a count of seven

a point for discussion or consideration

the programme remained vulnerable on a number of counts

the measure of the fineness of a yarn expressed as the weight of a given length or the length of a given weight

a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl

he is now a prisoner in a tower of the count's palace

Count Ugolino

Count Camillo di Cavour