# counting

Pronunciation: say "KOWN-ing" /ˈkaʊ.nɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of count. — present participle and gerund of count
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of count. Use this form for an action happening now or for naming the activity itself.
   - _He stood by the door, counting everyone who entered the hall._
   - _Counting the votes took the officials most of the night._

## Noun

2. The act of working out how many items are present by tallying them one at a time.
   - Simple: The act of finding out how many things there are.
   - _The counting of donations continued for hours after the event closed._
   - _Manual counting of the inventory takes the store a full weekend each year._
3. A total or tally; the number arrived at by working through a set of items.
   - Simple: The total number you reach after you add up a group of things.
   - _The official counting reached five thousand votes by dawn._
   - _Their counting of the herd came to forty head._

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