To recite numbers in sequence.
Can you count to a hundred?
To determine the number (of objects in a group).
There are three apples; count them.
To be of significance; to matter.
Your views don’t count here. It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.
To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
Apples count as a type of fruit.
To consider something an example of something.
He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river. I count you as more than a friend.
To take account or note (of).
To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.