Antonyms for counting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kount

Phonetic Transcription : kaʊnt

Definition of counting

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French conter "add up," but also "tell a story," from Latin computare (see compute). Related: Counted; counting. Modern French differentiates compter "to count" and conter "to tell," but they are cognates.

verb add, check in order
verb consider, deem
verb have importance
verb include

Example sentences :

Once more I am counting the coppers, living on the ragged edge.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

He was counting on Mrs. McKee's old fondness for the girl to bring them together.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Little Doctor was counting his pulse, and waited till she had finished.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

The sunshine seemed to come with her into the counting house that was all gloom.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He watched the symptoms with a sort of medical air, as if counting seconds.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

One day, as they sat by Rachel's bed, the doctor had been counting her pulse.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

We have been counting on your return these three or four days past.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Pepsy was counting the money and Pee-wee was eating the cookies that were left over.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Yes, it was as M'sieu said, eighty-seven--that is, counting himself.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

I was counting mine when the hour came, and brought this in my hand to show you.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Synonyms for counting

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