"count on the fingers of one hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: counts on the fingers of one hand [present, singular, third-person], counting on the fingers of one hand [participle, present], counted on the fingers of one hand [participle, past], counted on the fingers of one hand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} count on the fingers of one hand (third-person singular simple present counts on the fingers of one hand, present participle counting on the fingers of one hand, simple past and past participle counted on the fingers of one hand)
  1. (transitive, figurative) To count something small enough in number that one can do it using just the digits on one's hand. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: count on one hand Translations (Translations): laskea yhden käden sormin (Finnish), compter sur les doigts d’une main (French), an einer Hand abzählen (German), contare sulla punta delle dita (Italian), contare sulle dita (Italian), policzyć na palcach jednej ręki [perfective] (Polish), по па́льцам перече́сть (po pálʹcam perečéstʹ) [perfective] (Russian), по па́льцам счесть (po pálʹcam sčestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), по па́льцам сосчита́ть (po pálʹcam sosčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), по па́льцам пересчита́ть (po pálʹcam peresčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), на па́льцах перече́сть (na pálʹcax perečéstʹ) [perfective] (Russian), на па́льцах счесть (na pálʹcax sčestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), на па́льцах сосчита́ть (na pálʹcax sosčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), на па́льцах пересчита́ть (na pálʹcax peresčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), pê gıştana amoren (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-count_on_the_fingers_of_one_hand-en-verb-Xu~q4gdu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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