count

He was counting slowly under his breath.

Okay, why don't you count backward from 100, please?

They devised an apparatus that connected a baby's pacifier to a counting device.

So if you know the year the tree was cut, you can count inwards and date each ring all the way back to the center.

You probably know that we can determine a tree's age by counting the rings on a cross section of its trunk.

Even something as basic as counting has to be taught.

And the bird certainly doesn't count the berries.

I don't worry about counting syllables or anything.

At the last family wedding, George's wife counted the total number in the family.

Then I shall count it right away. It must be banked tomorrow.

So you know, there was no time to count the dots.

Mostly because we use paper ballots, and stayed up all night counting them.

Oh, yeah. I guess you wouldn't need a Zero to count livestock.

Any word that's not legible will be counted as wrong.

My chair person told me that if I did independent field research in addition to the assigned work in each course, they would count as intermediate level courses.

The years before their arrival in prison are not counted as part of their sentence.

Yes. That will count toward your major.

And all the courses I have already taken would still count toward my degree?

Huh! So you spent...what...a year at another university and your classes count toward your degree here?

'You drink Scotch,' she said. 'All Republicans drink Scotch.' — 'Wrong on both counts. I'm a Democrat, and I drink bourbon.'

Right, on both counts.

Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it.

My husband had a very low sperm count.

The fight ended when Mendoza landed a hard right to the chin of Palacios, who went down for a count of eight.

He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder.

The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour.