Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: countless
IPA transcription: [k'aʊntləs]
Pronunciations of countless
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable
    Meaning: too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
Usage examples
  • There are countless unmeasured factors in human action.
  • Both the cat and the dog were awarded countless honorary decorations.
  • They have no defence, and countless numbers of them are gobbled up by crabs, anemones, and others.
  • He gathered his last nuggets and hurled them in handfuls at the mirror, shattering it in countless pieces.
  • That swarming cavalry, those countless footmen, the masterful guns--they had tried and tried to make head against them.
  • "Yes," replied Sarka tersely, "but there are only a dozen of the cubes. What can they do against countless millions of them?
  • The reign of Constantine Ducas was troubled by countless Seljouk invasions of the Armeniac, Anatolic, and Cappadocian themes.
  • There was no sound but that of the distant breakers, mounting from all round, and the chirp of countless insects in the brush.
  • So Kitty sought her window and added her question to the countless millions forlornly wandering about up there, and finding no answer.
  • The answer is, that the food comes to him, brought by the ever-moving water. There are countless specks floating in the sea, mostly specks of vegetable stuff.
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