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Collocations for count - noun

1. act of counting

ADJECTIVE

quick
daily
Our daily count of Web traffic tells us many people are visiting our site.
vote
The vote count should be repeated.

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VERB + count

do, have
We did a quick count of the children and there were none missing.

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PHRASES

at the last count, at the latest count
At the last count she had 43 cats!
for a count of
Raise your leg and hold it there for a count of ten.

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2. measurement/total

ADJECTIVE

total
accurate
elevated (esp. AmE), high
an abnormally high white blood cell count
low
blood, calorie, cell, pollen, sperm
The pollen count is very high in the spring.
body, head
The movie has a high body count (= many people are killed).
The company now has a head count of around 70 staff.

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VERB + count

reduce
increase
keep
Keep a count of your calorie intake for one week.
lose
I've lost count of the times I've heard that joke.

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count + VERB

go up, increase, rise
drop, fall, go down
Her white cell count has gone down again.

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Collocations for count - verb

Count is used with these nouns as the subject:
census, impression, vote

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Count is used with these nouns as the object:
ballot, beat, bill, calorie, change, cost, minute, money, number, takings, vote

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