To count is to say or find the total number of things in a group, or to consider something important.
From Old French “conter” (to tell, to reckon), from Latin “computare” (to calculate), which also gave us “compute.” The idea of telling a story and telling numbers used to be much closer together.
When you ‘make something count,’ you’re treating it as something that must be included in the total. The same word powers basic math and deep meaning—counting coins and counting what matters in life share a root idea: what gets noticed.
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