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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
count on = rely(depend) on?
1. She counts on going to college.
There's no context but only the sentence #1 is given.
What does that mean?
Below are the definitions for "count for."
-to need or depend on somebody/something
-to trust or have confidence in somebody/something
Still, I was wondering how else #1 is rephrased.
There's no context but only the sentence #1 is given.
What does that mean?
Below are the definitions for "count for."
-to need or depend on somebody/something
-to trust or have confidence in somebody/something
Still, I was wondering how else #1 is rephrased.
Top answer
"counts on" = depends on/upon Another way of saying it: She has a need to attend college.
- "counts on" = depends on/upon Another way of saying it: She has a need to attend college.
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"counts on" = depends on/upon
Another way of saying it: She has a need to attend college.
Another way of saying it: She has a need to attend college.
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"She counts on going to college." means she expects to go to college, or she is confident that she will go to college, or college is in her future plans and she would be very surprised and disappointed if she didn't go to college.
"Count for" has a different meaning. For example: "He thinks he counts for nothing." means he thinks people have no respect for him, or he thinks people compl
"Count for" has a different meaning. For example: "He thinks he counts for nothing." means he thinks people have no respect for him, or he thinks people compl
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Anonymous"She counts on going to college."Here, "counts on" is still unclear without further context.
"She counts on going to college for the educational benefit": (She is counting on the RESULT of the activity.)
"She counts on going to college to occupy her time until she finds a husband.": (She is counting on the ACTIVITY itself.)
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