What is the meaning of counting?

noun

• The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
  • usage: "the counting continued for several hours"
  • synonyms: count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally

verb

• Determine the number or amount of.
  • usage: "Can you count the books on your shelf"; "Count your change"
  • synonyms: count, number, enumerate, numerate
• Have weight; have import, carry weight.
  • usage: "It does not matter much"
  • synonyms: count, matter, weigh
• Show consideration for; take into account.
  • usage: "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
  • synonyms: consider, count, weigh
• Name or recite the numbers in ascending order.
  • usage: "The toddler could count to 100"
  • synonyms: count
• Put into a group.
  • usage: "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
  • synonyms: count, number
• Include as if by counting.
  • usage: "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
  • synonyms: count
• Have a certain value or carry a certain weight.
  • usage: "each answer counts as three points"
  • synonyms: count
• Have faith or confidence in.
  • usage: "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
  • synonyms: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
• Take account of.
  • usage: "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
  • synonyms: reckon, count