counting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/, (US in fast speech) /ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/

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• (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn.tɪn/
• Hyphenation: count‧ing
• Rhymes: -aʊntɪŋ

Noun

counting (countable and uncountable, plural countings)

1. A count.
2. The act by which something is counted.

Synonyms

• (act of making a count): enumeration, numbering; see also Thesaurus:counting

Hyponyms

• reference counting

Derived terms

• card counting
• counting agent
• counting cell hemocytometer
• counting frame
• counting glass
• counting-house
• counting measure
• counting of the Omer
• counting-out game
• counting rhyme
• counting rod
• counting room
• counting sort
• double counting
• emergent counting
• finger-counting
• photocounting

Translations

a count

• Bulgarian: броене (bg) n (broene)
• German: Zählung (de) f
• Italian: conteggio (it)
• Ottoman Turkish: حساب (hisab)
• Turkish: sayım (tr)
• Ukrainian: рахування n (raxuvannja)

act of making a count

• French: comptage (fr) m, décompte (fr) m
• German: Zählen m
• Italian: bilancio (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opptelling m or f, telling m or f

  Nynorsk: oppteljing f, teljing f

• Ottoman Turkish: صان (san), حساب (hisab)
• Swedish: räkning (sv) c
• Turkish: sayma (tr)
• Ukrainian: рахування n (raxuvannja)

Verb

counting

1. present participle and gerund of count

Derived terms

• countinghouse, counting house
• prime-counting

Related terms

• and counting
• counting number

References

• counting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia