count

compter

Déterminer combien il y a de personnes ou de choses en les comptant une par une.

En anglais simple : To find how many people or things there are by adding them one by one.

• Count the apples in the bag.
• We counted twenty people in the room.
• Have you counted all the coins?

Synonymes : tally, number

Expressions courantes : count the money, count the children, count something twice, count the objects

compter, importer

Avoir de l’importance ou changer quelque chose au résultat.

En anglais simple : If something counts, it is important or makes a difference.

• Your opinion counts.
• Every small effort counts when we work together.
• What counted most was her kindness.

Comment l'utiliser : count for something (Experience counts for a lot in this job.)

Synonymes : matter

Expressions courantes : really count, count for something, count for little

compter sur

Faire confiance à quelqu’un pour aider, ou s’attendre à ce que quelque chose se passe comme prévu.

En anglais simple : If you count on someone or something, you trust them to help or to do what you expect.

• You can count on me.
• We counted on good weather for the picnic.
• Can I count on you to arrive early?

Comment l'utiliser : count on someone/something (We can count on her support.); count on someone to do something (I count on you to keep this secret.); count on doing something (We were counting on getting a lift home.)

Synonymes : rely on, depend on

Expressions courantes : count on someone, count on something

compter, être valable

Être accepté ou pris en compte selon les règles.

En anglais simple : If something counts, it is accepted or included under the rules.

• That goal doesn't count.
• Only votes received before Friday will count.
• Does this course count towards my degree?

Comment l'utiliser : count towards something (These points count towards your final score.)

Expressions courantes : count towards something, count for something

compter comme, être considéré comme

Être reconnu comme une chose d’un certain type.

En anglais simple : To be considered a particular kind of thing.

• Does soup count as a meal?
• Volunteering counted as work experience.
• These small repairs count as regular maintenance.

Comment l'utiliser : count as something (Walking to work counts as exercise.)

Synonymes : qualify as

Expressions courantes : count as something, count as exercise, count as work

total, nombre

Le nombre total de personnes ou de choses obtenu en les comptant.

En anglais simple : The total number of people or things found by adding them up.

• The final count was fifty people.
• My essay has a word count of eight hundred.
• The doctor checked her blood count.

Synonymes : total, number, tally

Expressions courantes : total count, final count, blood count, word count

comptage, décompte

Le fait de déterminer combien il y a de personnes ou de choses.

En anglais simple : The act of finding how many people or things there are.

• Let's do a quick count.
• The count of votes took three hours.
• They repeated the count to check for mistakes.

Comment l'utiliser : a count of something (We made a count of all the animals.)

Synonymes : counting, tally

Expressions courantes : a quick count, a careful count, do a count, vote count

compte

Le nombre que l’on garde en tête en comptant et que l’on peut oublier en cours de route.

En anglais simple : Your knowledge of how many things there are, which you may lose while adding them up.

• I lost count after twenty.
• She kept count of every lap he swam.
• I've lost count of the times we have moved.

Comment l'utiliser : lose count of something (I've lost count of how many emails she sent.); keep count of something (Can you keep count of the visitors?)

Synonymes : tally

Expressions courantes : lose count, keep count, lose count of