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counts on

counts on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 counts on

What is counts on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Counts on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count on.

Words near counts on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counts 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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