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counting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally |
| Type of | investigating, investigation |
| Has types | countdown, miscount, nose count, nosecount, poll, recount, blood count, sperm count, census |
| Derivation | count |
the counting continued for several hours.
Examples of counting
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She is a great player and she is going to be one we are counting on quite a bit.
From the stltoday.com
Meyer adds that he's counting on Demps to return to practice Thursday or Friday.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Cronin and Lewin draw on their best-sellers for this counting book with a twist.
From the sacbee.com
Counting against an extension to QE will be better news from the service sector.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
My point is, I was counting on people being softies, and they didn't disappoint.
From the sacbee.com
He thought it signaled that Baker is counting the days until he's out of office.
From the delawareonline.com
In the early days, when we were diagnosing we were also counting as many deaths.
From the independent.co.uk
Counting the number of ways this is wrong is left as an exercise for the reader.
From the newscientist.com
The basic abilities I'm talking about are really only one step up from counting.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Count: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
- (count) determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
- (count) have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
- (count) a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- (count) consider: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- (count) put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
- Counting is the action of finding the number of elements of a finite set of objects. The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every element of the set, in some order, while marking (or displacing) those elements to avoid ...
- In music, counting is a system of regularly occurring sounds that serve to assist with the performance or audition of music by allowing the easy identification of the beat. Commonly, this involves verbally (counting) the beats in each measure as they occur. ...
- Count (male) or countess (female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility...
