Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: counting
IPA transcription: [k'aʊntɪŋ]
Pronunciations of counting
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
    Meaning: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Usage examples
  • He began counting on his fingers.
  • Your counting, I understand, is different."
  • I wasn't counting on three for the trip," the pilot protested.
  • Counting the dwellings there were exactly twelve buildings, and they all seemed occupied.
  • Jane had sent Caroline an early answer to her letter, and was counting the days till she might reasonably hope to hear again.
  • The man took the bag from the hands of the coadjutor, who heard the sound of his fingers counting and handling the gold pieces.
  • "Why not start counting at a half of one?" asked the Saw-Horse, abruptly. "Then anyone can count up to seventeen by twos very easily."
  • I have stated in one of my papers on tramps that, counting the boys, there are between fifty and sixty thousand genuine hoboes in the United States.
  • Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that he could get all the golden eggs at once by killing the Goose and cutting it open.
  • The train did not proceed rapidly; counting the stoppages, it did not run more than twenty miles an hour, which was a sufficient speed, however, to enable it to reach Omaha within its designated time.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
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2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Neuschwanstein Castle, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wife selling (English custom), License CC BY-SA 4.0
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