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count on en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kaʊnʌn/ (US) in fast speech
• /kaʊntʌn/

Meanings

1. (transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.
   • He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm.
   • "Hopefully you can count on them for a long period of time. Quite frankly, not often do you give those players up." 2009, “Going green: Young talent cuts costs, builds continuity”, in USA Today:
   • Or perhaps something unusual occurred in the current period that you can't count on to repeat itself. 2001, Builder's Guide to Accounting:
   • The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground. 1999, Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor:
   • Can we count on you to help out?
   • The trial will be targeted at Russians as well as an international audience — and the organizers will be counting on extensive coverage in the world press. 2022 June 23, Francine Hirsch, “Russia is counting on the media to spread propaganda about show trials”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 14 Dec 2022:

Forms

Synonyms

hang one's hat on · bank on · reckon on · count in

Translations (30)

ta நம்பு (to rely on, trust, or expect) · ka იმედი (to rely on, trust, or expect) · pl liczyć na (to rely on, trust, or expect) · sh računati (na) (to rely on, trust, or expect) · cmn 信賴 /信赖 (to rely on, trust, or expect) · sh рачунати (to rely on, trust, or expect) · sv räkna med (to rely on, trust, or expect) · ja ...に 頼る (to rely on, trust, or expect) · sa विश्वसति (to rely on, trust, or expect) · fr compter sur (to rely on, trust, or expect) · no rekna med (to rely on, trust, or expect) · es contar con (to rely on, trust, or expect) · nl rekenen op (to rely on, trust, or expect) · da stole (på) (to rely on, trust, or expect) · tr güvenmek (to rely on, trust, or expect) · it contare (su) (to rely on, trust, or expect) · la fīdō (to rely on, trust, or expect) · pt contar com (to rely on, trust, or expect) · vi trông đợi (to rely on, trust, or expect) · ru рассчита́ть (to rely on, trust, or expect) · cmn 指望 (to rely on, trust, or expect) · cmn 靠 (to rely on, trust, or expect) · izh nattiissa (to rely on, trust, or expect) · de jemanden/etwas zählen (to rely on, trust, or expect) · he סמך (to rely on, trust, or expect) · fi luottaa (to rely on, trust, or expect) · ru рассчи́тывать (to rely on, trust, or expect) · ja 当てにする (to rely on, trust, or expect) · sa सम्प्रतितिष्ठति (to rely on, trust, or expect) · uk розрахо́вувати на (to rely on, trust, or expect)