Meanings
nouncounting (countable and uncountable, plural countings)
plural countings
- countableuncountableThe act by which something is counted.
vote counting
4 more examples
The counting of the votes began immediately after the polls closed.
The machine is used for the counting of objects on a production line.
manual counting
accurate counting
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of count
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA count.
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nounthe act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian броене
- броене (broene)a count
French comptage, décompte
- comptageact of making a count
- décompteact of making a count
German Zählung, Zählen
- Zählunga count
- Zählenact of making a count
Italian conteggio, bilancio
- conteggioa count
- bilancioact of making a count
Norwegian Bokmål opptelling, telling
- opptellingact of making a count
- tellingact of making a count
Swedish räkning
- räkningact of making a count
Turkish sayım, sayma
- sayıma count
- saymaact of making a count
Ukrainian рахування, рахування
- рахування (raxuvannja)a count
- рахування (raxuvannja)act of making a count
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with counting
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APA
counting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting
MLA
“counting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting.
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