count off

• Verbe à particule désignant l'action de compter à voix haute dans l'ordre, souvent pour répartir un groupe ou attribuer des numéros à des individus.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of counting aloud in sequence, often to divide a group or assign numbers to individuals.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Count aloud in sequenceinformal

   To count numbers in order, often to divide a group or assign positions.

   compter à voix haute

   • The teacher asked the students to count off from one to ten.
   • They counted off to form teams for the game.
   • Count off by threes to create smaller groups.

   Synonymescall outcount outenumeraterecite

2. List or enumerateinformal

   To list items or people one by one, often to check or identify them.

   Compter un à un

   • He counted off the reasons why the plan would fail.
   • She counted off the names of everyone present.
   • The manager counted off the tasks that needed to be done.

   Synonymesenumeratelistnumberrecitetally

Verbe de basecount