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counting

counting

111 1.0
Finding how many things there are by saying numbers in order
  • noun
  • /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • Students are often taught rote counting, money skills, and how to tell time.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We have patterns that arise in counting numbers.

  • - Three minutes and counting.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Counting the number of apples in the basket took longer than expected.

  • She practiced counting to help her younger brother learn numbers.

Synonyms

count
vscounting
780 1.0

The number of things or people that have been counted

is focused on the process of determining totals or reciting numbers
tally
vscounting
48 3.2

A written count of things like votes or donations

centers on the active process of finding totals rather than keeping a written record
enumeration
vscounting
3 5.4

A list of things made by counting them

is about determining totals rather than just making ordered lists
numeration
vscounting
1 6.3

A way of counting and naming numbers

focuses on the active numbering process and totals rather than naming systems

Idioms

35 3.0

People say it after a number to show the total is still increasing

who's counting
  • Informal
8.6

To say as a joke that the exact number does not matter

Compounds

counting sheep
  • Informal
1 3.7

Imagining sheep and counting them to help you fall asleep

How Accurate

enumeration
3 5.4
counting
111 1.0
estimate
370 2.6
guess
768 1.0

Surface Forms

counting singular
countings plural

Morphology

counting = count (transparent) = count + ing

The noun is a regular gerund/nominalization of the verb 'count' formed with '-ing', so the meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

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.