"count on" meaning in English

See count on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: counts on [present, singular, third-person], counting on [participle, present], counted on [participle, past], counted on [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: bank on, hang one's hat on, count in, reckon on Translations (to rely on, trust, or expect): 指望 (zhǐwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (kào) (Chinese Mandarin), 信賴 (Chinese Mandarin), 信赖 (xìnlài) (Chinese Mandarin), stole (på) (Danish), rekenen op (Dutch), luottaa (Finnish), compter sur (French), იმედი (imedi) (alt: იმედი (imedi)) (Georgian), jemanden/etwas zählen (english: auf) (German), סמך (samákh) (alt: על (al)) (Hebrew), nattiissa (Ingrian), contare (su) (Italian), ...に 頼る (...ni) (alt: たよる) (Japanese), fīdō (Latin), liczyć na [imperfective] (Polish), contar com (Portuguese), рассчи́тывать (rassčítyvatʹ) (alt: на (na)) [imperfective] (Russian), рассчита́ть (rassčitátʹ) (alt: на (na)) [perfective] (Russian), विश्वसति (viśvasati) (Sanskrit), सम्प्रतितिष्ठति (sampratitiṣṭhati) (Sanskrit), рачунати (alt: на) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), računati (na) [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), contar (english: con) (Spanish), räkna med (Swedish), நம்பு (nampu) (Tamil), güvenmek (Turkish), розрахо́вувати на (rozraxóvuvaty na) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), trông đợi (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect."
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          "code": "da",
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          "alt": "על (al)",
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          "sense": "to rely on, trust, or expect",
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          "sense": "to rely on, trust, or expect",
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          "roman": "rozraxóvuvaty na",
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          "sense": "to rely on, trust, or expect",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to rely on, trust, or expect",
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      "sense": "to rely on, trust, or expect",
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