COUNT ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does count on mean? 

• COUNT ON (verb)
  The verb COUNT ON has 1 sense:

1. judge to be probable

  Familiarity information: COUNT ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNT ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Judge to be probable

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon

Hypernyms (to "count on" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "count on"):

allow; take into account (allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

They didn't count on finding dozens of octopuses huddled around those openings.

(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)

You can also count on having staunch family support for home-related goals, so if you need a loan or an outright gift of cash, ask your parents for help this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I didn't count on that.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When that happy day comes, said Pedro, then Spain shall be to you as Aquitaine, and, be your project what it may, you may ever count on every troop and every ship over which flies the banner of Castile.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Think about what you would like to achieve in the coming year. when you can count on the universe being behind you one hundred percent What would be exciting for you to achieve by this time next year?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)