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counts
The word carries a heavy weight of legitimacy and validation. When something counts, it moves from being irrelevant or invisible to being a deciding factor. It is often used in high-stakes environments like elections or sports to emphasize that a small action can change the final outcome.
In legal settings, the term shifts toward a rigid, administrative structure. Here, it transforms a vague criminal act into a discrete, punishable unit. This creates a stark contrast between the emotional value of counting in a personal sense and the cold, numerical precision of counts in a courtroom.
Countable when referring to specific legal charges in a trial. Uncountable when referring to the general act of tallying numbers.
Meanings
Examples
The detective counts the number of footprints in the mud.
She counts her coins carefully before paying the vendor.
The defendant faces three separate counts of fraud.
I wonder if my opinion even counts in this meeting.
The judge dismissed two of the counts against the suspect.
The teacher counts the students to make sure no one is missing.
Phrasal Verbs
count in
to include someone in an activity or plan
count out
to exclude someone from a plan or activity