counting
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/
- Specifically, preservice teachers were able to measure students' proficiency with the counting sequence, one-to-one correspondence.
- numbers and counting
- counting backwards
- finger counting
I think calorie counting does work for a few people.
- I think calorie counting does work for a few people.
- So in quantum mechanics, there's a state counting for a finite box is discrete.
Examples
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Students are often taught rote counting, money skills, and how to tell time.
Academic text (2013) -
We have patterns that arise in counting numbers.
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- Three minutes and counting.
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In the outside world, Adam said, all the counting was done inside machines.
Fiction book (1999) -
The mathematics assessment included questions in the content areas of number sense, shapes, counting, operations, and patterns.
Academic text (2012) -
Last night there was a major software glitch that actually delayed the counting of all of the ballots.
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As a member of ITEA, Kris has served on the Ballot Counting Committee for the past four years.
Academic text (2008) -
The teachers emphasized the importance of counting during their math lessons.
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Counting the number of apples in the basket took longer than expected.
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She practiced counting to help her younger brother learn numbers.
Synonyms
The number of things or people that have been counted
A written count of things like votes or donations
A list of things made by counting them
A way of counting and naming numbers
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Etymology
Counting comes from the Latin word computare, which meant 'to put together' or 'to calculate', and it shares the same root as computer. So, counting is simply putting numbers together to find a total.