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counted on

counted on is the simple past and past participle of count on.

Meaning of count on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.
    • Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm.

Questions about counted on

What is counted on the simple past and past participle of?
Counted on is the simple past and past participle of count on.

Words near counted on in the dictionary

  1. counted cross-stitch
  2. counted down
  3. counted in
  4. counted noses
  5. counted off
  6. counted on
  7. counted on one hand
  8. counted on the fingers of one hand
  9. counted one's blessings
  10. counted one's chickens
  11. counted one's days

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counted on (page history and authors); count on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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