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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological
     spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished;
     conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to
     count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to
     reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure,
     and cf. Compute.]
     1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose
        of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection;
        to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Who can count the dust of Jacob?      --Num. xxiii.
                                                    10.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only
              three miserable cabins.               --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider
        or esteem as belonging.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him
              for righteousness.                    --Rom. iv. 3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or
        consider.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I count myself in nothing else so happy
              As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To count out.
        (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured
            that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended
            upon.
        (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting
            of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is
            not present.
        (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a
            fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said
            of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See
          Calculate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological
     spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished;
     conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to
     count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to
     reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure,
     and cf. Compute.]
     1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose
        of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection;
        to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
  
              Who can count the dust of Jacob?      --Num. xxiii.
                                                    10.
  
              In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only
              three miserable cabins.               --Macaulay.
  
     2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider
        or esteem as belonging.
  
              Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him
              for righteousness.                    --Rom. iv. 3.
  
     3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or
        consider.
  
              I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul
              remembering my good friends.          --Shak.
  
     To count out.
        (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured
            that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended
            upon.
        (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting
            of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is
            not present.
        (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a
            fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said
            of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See
          Calculate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  counting
       n : the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
           hours" [syn: count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
            tally]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     n.
     1 a count
     2 the act by which something is counted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en count nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     n.
     1 a count
     2 the act by which something is counted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en count nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     n.
     1 a count
     2 the act by which something is counted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en count nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     n.
     1 a count
     2 the act by which something is counted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en count nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ount ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  counting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en count ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     det att räkna; räknande, räkning
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb count)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Counting /kˈaʊntɪŋ/
  الحساب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  counting //ˈkaʊntɪŋ// 
  броене
  a count

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  counting /kˈaʊntɪŋ/ 
  počítání