Meanings
present singular third person counts on · participle present counting on · participle past counted on · past counted on
- transitiveTo rely on, trust, or expect.
Can we count on you to help out?
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Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm.
He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLCThe first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
1999, Chuck Palahniuk, SurvivorOr perhaps something unusual occurred in the current period that you can't count on to repeat itself.
2001, Builder's Guide to Accounting"Hopefully you can count on them for a long period of time. Quite frankly, not often do you give those players up."
2009, “Going green: Young talent cuts costs, builds continuity”, in USA TodaySynonyms: bank on, hang one's hat on, count in, reckon on
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo rely on, trust, or expect.
More synonyms by meaning
verbjudge to be probable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 指望, 靠
- 指望 (zhǐwàng)to rely on, trust, or expect
- 靠 (kào)to rely on, trust, or expect
- 信賴 /信赖 (xìnlài)to rely on, trust, or expect
Danish stole (på)
- stole (på)to rely on, trust, or expect
Dutch rekenen op
- rekenen opto rely on, trust, or expect
Finnish luottaa
- luottaato rely on, trust, or expect
French compter sur
- compter surto rely on, trust, or expect
German jemanden/etwas zählen
- jemanden/etwas zählento rely on, trust, or expect
Hebrew סמך
- סמך (samákh)to rely on, trust, or expect
Italian contare (su)
- contare (su)to rely on, trust, or expect
Japanese ...に 頼る, 当てにする
- ...に 頼る (...ni)to rely on, trust, or expect
- 当てにする (ate ni suru)to rely on, trust, or expect
Latin fīdō
- fīdōto rely on, trust, or expect
Norwegian rekna med
- rekna medto rely on, trust, or expect
Polish liczyć na
- liczyć nato rely on, trust, or expect
Portuguese contar com
- contar comto rely on, trust, or expect
Russian рассчи́тывать, рассчита́ть
- рассчи́тывать (rassčítyvatʹ)to rely on, trust, or expect
- рассчита́ть (rassčitátʹ)to rely on, trust, or expect
Spanish contar con
- contar conto rely on, trust, or expect
Swedish räkna med
- räkna medto rely on, trust, or expect
Tamil நம்பு
- நம்பு (nampu)to rely on, trust, or expect
Turkish güvenmek
- güvenmekto rely on, trust, or expect
Ukrainian розрахо́вувати на
- розрахо́вувати на (rozraxóvuvaty na)to rely on, trust, or expect
Vietnamese trông đợi
- trông đợito rely on, trust, or expect
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count on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20on
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