What does count mean?

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[n] the total number counted(a blood count)[v] determine the number or amount of(Can you count the books on your shelf? Count your change)[n] the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order(the counting continued for several hours)[v] have weight; have import, carry weight(It does

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[n] the total number counted
(a blood count)

[v] determine the number or amount of
(Can you count the books on your shelf? Count your change)

[n] the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
(the counting continued for several hours)

[v] have weight; have import, carry weight
(It does not matter much)

[n] a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

[v] show consideration for; take into account
(You must consider her age The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient)

[v] name or recite the numbers in ascending order
(The toddler could count to 100)

[v] put into a group
(The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members)

[v] include as if by counting
(I can count my colleagues in the opposition)

[v] have a certain value or carry a certain weight
(each answer counts as three points)

[v] 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)

[v] take account of
(You have to reckon with our opponents Count on the monsoon)

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A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, translation, etc. It is a lexicographical reference that shows inter-relationships among the data.

A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.

There is also a contrast between prescriptive or descriptive dictionaries; the former reflect what is seen as correct use of the language while the latter reflect recorded actual use. Stylistic indications (e.g. "informal" or "vulgar") in many modern dictionaries are also considered by some to be less than objectively descriptive.

The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.