"counting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-counting.ogg [US] Forms: countings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊntɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} counting (countable and uncountable, plural countings)
  1. a count Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of making a count): enumeration Translations (a count): броене (broene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Zählung [feminine] (German), conteggio (Italian), حساب (hisab) (Ottoman Turkish), sayım (Turkish), рахування (raxuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian) Translations (act of making a count): comptage [masculine] (French), décompte [masculine] (French), Zählen [masculine] (German), bilancio (Italian), opptelling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), telling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oppteljing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teljing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صان (san) (Ottoman Turkish), حساب (hisab) (Ottoman Turkish), räkning [common-gender] (Swedish), sayma (Turkish), рахування (raxuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-counting-en-noun-JV9cDH3n Disambiguation of 'act of making a count': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'a count': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'act of making a count': 84 16
  2. the act by which something is counted. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-counting-en-noun-qpEKynxJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: numbering, counting, numeration, telling [archaic] Hyponyms: reference counting, capitation Related terms: count

Verb

IPA: /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-counting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊntɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} counting
  1. present participle and gerund of count Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: count Derived forms: countinghouse, counting house, prime-counting Related terms: and counting, counting number
    Sense id: en-counting-en-verb-aTcyvpKc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 24 68

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