counting

KOWN-ing/ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/

Noun pluralcountings (some meanings)

3 meanings of counting

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of count. Use this form for an action happening now or for naming the activity itself.
She is counting the coins in her piggy bank.
The children kept counting until they reached one hundred.
Note
2
noununcountable
The act of finding out how many things there are.
Like going through a pile of cards one by one to see how many there are.
The counting of the ballots lasted well past midnight.
A careful counting of the warehouse stock revealed two missing boxes.
Similartally, enumeration
3
nouncountable or uncountable
The total number you reach after you add up a group of things.
Like the number written at the bottom of the page after you finish adding.
The final counting came to exactly one thousand signatures.
After the recount, the counting stood at fifty-two percent.
Similartally, total

counting is a form of count

count, verb: To find out how many things there are in a group. Full entry

Forms: countcounts he/she/itcounting -ing formcounted past tense, past participle
Spelling: count → counting: add -ing

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