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counting 音标拼音: [k'ɑʊntɪŋ] [k'ɑʊnɪŋ] n. 计算 计算 counting计数 counting n 1: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; " the counting continued for several hours" [ synonym: { count}, { counting}, { numeration}, { enumeration}, { reckoning}, { tally}] 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] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " counting": accounting, assimilating, census, comprising, containing, covering, dactylonomy, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enumeration, envisaging, foliation, including, inclusive, incorporating, inventorying, measurement, numbering, numeration, pagination, quantification, quantization, tallying, telling
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