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counts up

counts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count up.

Meaning of count up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To count (things or people) so as to add up and get a sum total.
    • He counted up the glasses, and realized there were fifteen missing.

Questions about counts up

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

Words near counts up in the dictionary

  1. counts to 10
  2. counts to five
  3. counts to ten
  4. counts to three
  5. counts towards
  6. counts up
  7. counts upon
  8. countship
  9. countships
  10. countup
  11. countups

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