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count upon

count upon verb: synonym of count on.

Verb

count upon (third-person singular simple present counts upon, present participle counting upon, simple past and past participle counted upon)

  1. Synonym of count on.
    • They have it ready in their Mouths, that the People of England are of a Genius and Temper, never to admit Slavery among them; […] I think it a great Error to count upon the Genius of a Nation as a ſtanding Argument in all Ages; ſince there is hardly a Spot of Ground in Europe, where the Inhabitants...1701, [Jonathan Swift], “Chapter V”, in A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, with the Consequences They Had upon Both Those States...
    Synonyms:
    count on

Synonyms of count upon

Forms of count upon

third-person singular presentcounts upon
present participlecounting upon
past participlecounted upon
pastcounted upon

Questions about count upon

What does count upon mean?
Count upon means synonym of count on.
What part of speech is count upon?
Count upon is a verb.
What is the past tense of count upon?
The past tense of count upon is counted upon.

Words near count upon in the dictionary

  1. count to five
  2. count to ten
  3. count to three
  4. count towards
  5. count up
  6. count upon
  7. count-down
  8. count-downs
  9. count-off
  10. count-offs
  11. count-up

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