noun
Meaning 1
A count.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
counting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/
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US: /ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/ in fast speech
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Northumbria: /ˈkuːn.tɪn/
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rhymes with -aʊntɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K AW1 N T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AW1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act by which something is counted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of count
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the counting continued for several hours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigation, investigating
Narrower terms: blood count, census, nose count, nosecount, countdown, miscount, poll, recount, sperm count
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: броене (broene) — a count
- German: Zählung — a count
- Italian: conteggio — a count
- Turkish: sayım — a count
- Ottoman Turkish: حساب (hisab) — a count
- Ukrainian: рахування (raxuvannja) — a count
- French: comptage — act of making a count
- French: décompte — act of making a count
- German: Zählen — act of making a count
- Italian: bilancio — act of making a count
- Macedonian: броење (broenje) — act of making a count
- Norwegian Bokmål: opptelling — act of making a count
- Norwegian Bokmål: telling — act of making a count
- Norwegian Nynorsk: oppteljing — act of making a count
- Norwegian Nynorsk: teljing — act of making a count
- Swedish: räkning — act of making a count
- Turkish: sayma — act of making a count
- Ottoman Turkish: صان (san) — act of making a count
- Ottoman Turkish: حساب (hisab) — act of making a count
- Ukrainian: рахування (raxuvannja) — act of making a count
Real reading context