count towards

count towards — PHRASAL VERB If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it. [V P n] In many courses, work from the second year onwards can count towards the final degree.… …   English dictionary

count towards something — ˌcount toˈwards/toˈward sth derived to be included as part of sth that you hope to achieve in the future • Students gain college credits which count towards their degree. Main entry: ↑countderived …   Useful english dictionary

count toward something — ˌcount toˈwards/toˈward sth derived to be included as part of sth that you hope to achieve in the future • Students gain college credits which count towards their degree. Main entry: ↑countderived …   Useful english dictionary

count — I n. act of counting total, tally 1) to make, take a count 2) to keep count of 3) to lose count of 4) (boxing) to go down for the count ( to be counted out ); to take a count of ten 5) an accurate, correct count 6) a blood; body; cell; pollen… …   Combinatory dictionary

count — count1 W3S1 [kaunt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(find the total)¦ 2¦(say numbers)¦ 3¦(be allowed)¦ 4¦(include)¦ 5¦(consider something)¦ 6¦(important)¦ 7 I/you can count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand 8 don t count your chickens (before they re… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

count — I UK [kaʊnt] / US verb Word forms count : present tense I/you/we/they count he/she/it counts present participle counting past tense counted past participle counted *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to calculate how many people or things there are… …   English dictionary

count — [[t]ka͟ʊnt[/t]] ♦♦ counts, counting, counted 1) VERB When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number. He was counting slowly under his breath... [V to num] Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars. 2)… …   English dictionary

count*/*/*/ — [kaʊnt] verb I 1) [I/T] to calculate how many people or things there are in a group All the votes have been counted.[/ex] At least 60 people were injured, but we re still counting.[/ex] 2) to say numbers one after another in order I can count up… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

count toward/towards — [phrasal verb] count toward/towards (something) or count (something) toward/towards (something) : to have value as a credit or payment in relation to (something) The credits you earned for this class count toward your degree. [=they are added to… …   Useful english dictionary

Count Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi — Count Richard Nikolaus Eijiro von Coudenhove Kalergi (German: Richard Nikolaus Eijiro Graf Coudenhove Kalergi , Japanese: nihongo2|1=リヒャルト・ニコラウス・栄次郎・クーデンホーフ=カレルギー) (Tokyo, November 16, 1894 Schruns, Vorarlberg, July 27, 1972) was an Austrian… …   Wikipedia

Count of Tilly —     Johannes Tserclæs, Count of Tilly     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johannes Tserclæs, Count of Tilly     Born at Brabant in 1559; died at Ingolstadt in April, 1632. He was a member of a noble family of Brabant named Tserclæs. His mother was a… …   Catholic encyclopedia