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  • 11count — 1 /kaUnt/ verb 1 SAY NUMBERS also count up (I) to say numbers in their correct order (+ to): Sarah can count up to five now. | Try to count to ten before you lose your temper. 2 FIND THE TOTAL also count up (T) to count the people, objects,… …

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  • 12count — [[t]ka͟ʊnt[/t]] ♦♦ counts, counting, counted 1) VERB When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. He was counting slowly under his breath... [V to num] Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars. 2)… …

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  • 13count on — phrasal verb count on or count upon [transitive] Word forms count on : present tense I/you/we/they count on he/she/it counts on present participle counting on past tense counted on past participle counted on 1) a) count on someone to depend on… …

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  • 14count upon — phrasal verb count on or count upon [transitive] Word forms count on : present tense I/you/we/they count on he/she/it counts on present participle counting on past tense counted on past participle counted on 1) a) count on someone to depend on… …

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  • 15count on — or count upon 1) PHRASAL VERB If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans. [V P n/ ing] The government thought it could count on the support of the trades unions... [V P n/ ing] I ll be back.… …

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  • 16count on/upon — 1 you can count on me: RELY ON, depend on, bank on, trust (in), be sure of, have (every) confidence in, believe in, put one s faith in, take for granted, take as read. 2 they hadn t counted on Rangers indomitable spirit: EXPECT, r …

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  • 17can — I [[t]kən, STRONG kæn[/t]] MODAL USES ♦ (Can is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. The form cannot is used in negative statements. The usual spoken form of cannot is can t, pronounced [[t]kɑ͟ːnt, AM kæ̱nt[/t]].) 1) MODAL You… …

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  • 18count — count1 /kownt/, v.t. 1. 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. 2. to reckon up; calculate; compute. 3. to list or name …

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  • 19can — can1 [ weak kən, strong kæn ] modal verb *** Can is usually followed by an infinitive without to : I can speak French. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: Come and help us, if you can. Can does not change its form, so the third… …

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  • 20Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan — Infobox Album | Name = Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan Type = Album Artist = Sarah Vaughan | Released = 1961 Recorded = July 19, 1960, and January 10, 11, 12, 13, 1961 Genre = Jazz Length = 46:43 Label = Roulette Records Producer = Teddy Reig, Michael… …

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