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count for
count for nothing . Have no influence or effect, as in All his work counts for nothing since they've dropped the project . This idiom was first recorded in 1861.
Have importance or worth, as in Doesn't his long tenure count for anything? or Does this tournament count for computer points? This usage employs count in the sense of “enter into a reckoning.†[Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
It’s also true that ego and incompetence are well-established tropes in movies about the movies, and that in a comedy, ego and incompetence count for more than selfless competence.
But the biggest learning curve for England from the Ashes and Lewis' era is that winning bilateral series, with all due respect to the opposition, do not count for much.
I told him that I watch the spring training games because they count for the players who are trying to make the team, which results in maximum effort both offensively and defensively, resulting in some good baseball.
If a team is trailing in the dying minutes of a game and a goalkeeper has the ball, there will be players who tell the referee to count quicker... or even count for them.
"This much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count," she added.
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