| NOUN | act | counting, count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally | the act of counting |
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| Sounds | kaw'nihng; kaw'ntihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order. | |
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| Example | "the counting continued for several hours" | |
| Synonyms | count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally | |
| Narrower | blood count | The act of estimating / estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample |
| census, nose count, nosecount | A periodic count of the population | |
| countdown | Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) | |
| miscount | An inaccurate count | |
| poll | The counting of votes (as in an election) | |
| recount | An additional (usually a second) count | |
| sperm count | The act of estimating / estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate | |
| Broader | investigation, investigating | The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically |
| Spanish | cómputo, conteo, cuenta, enumeración, numeración | |
| Catalan | comptar, compte, còmput, enumeració | |
| Verbs | count | determine the number or amount of |
| count | name or recite the numbers in ascending order | |
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