counting

An adjective used to describe something that is related to or involves counting, often used in phrases like 'counting number' or 'counting system'.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif utilisé pour décrire quelque chose qui se rapporte au comptage ou qui l'implique, souvent employé dans des expressions comme « nombre comptable » ou « système de numération ».

1. Including or considering B1 informal

   Used to indicate that someone or something is included in a calculation or consideration.

   • Counting the children, there were twenty people at the party.
   • Counting the weekends, I have three days off.
   • Counting the new members, the club now has fifty members.

   🇫🇷y compris

   Synonymes: reckoning

• more counting comparative form
• most counting superlative form

indénombrable

A noun referring to the act or process of determining the total number of items in a group or sequence, often by assigning numbers sequentially.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action ou le processus consistant à déterminer le nombre total d'éléments dans un groupe ou une séquence, souvent en attribuant successivement des nombres. Peut aussi désigner le résultat de ce dénombrement ou le calcul du total.

1. The act of counting A1 formal

   The process of determining the total number of items in a group by reciting numbers in order.

   • The counting of votes took several hours.
   • She is learning basic counting in kindergarten.
   • The counting of inventory is done every month.

   🇫🇷comptage

   Synonymes: countenumerationnumberingreckoning

2. Inclusion or consideration B2 formal

   The act of including someone or something in a calculation or consideration.

   • Counting the new members, the club now has 50 people.
   • With counting of overtime, his salary is quite high.
   • Counting all expenses, the trip cost over $2000.

   🇫🇷prise en compte

   Synonymes: accountconsiderationinclusionregard

   Antonymes: exclusionomission

• countings plural form
• countings' possessive plural form
• counting's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of determining the total number of items in a group or to consider someone or something as important.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de déterminer le nombre total d'objets dans un groupe, ou pour considérer quelqu'un ou quelque chose comme important.

1. Determine the number A1 formal

   To say numbers in order to find out how many there are.

   • She counted the coins in her purse.
   • The teacher asked the children to count from one to ten.
   • He counted the number of people in the room.

   🇫🇷compter

   Synonymes: calculatecomputeenumeratenumberreckontallytotal

2. Include in a calculation A2 formal

   To include someone or something in a calculation or total.

   • Don't count me out of the game.
   • We counted the days until the holiday.
   • The votes are still being counted.

   🇫🇷compter dans

   Synonymes: addenumeratefactor inincludenumberreckontallytotal

   Antonymes: excludeomit

3. Consider or regard B1 formal

   To consider someone or something in a particular way.

   • I count him as one of my closest friends.
   • She counts her job as a great opportunity.
   • They count this project as a success.

   🇫🇷considérer, tenir pour

   Synonymes: considerdeemesteemholdjudgelook onrateregardseeview

   Antonymes: disregardignoreoverlook

4. Matter or be important B1 informal

   To have importance or value.

   • Every vote counts in an election.
   • Your opinion counts a lot to me.
   • In the end, only your actions count.

   🇫🇷compter (avoir de l'importance)

   Synonymes: carry weightmattersignifyweigh

• counted past participle
• counted past simple
• counting present participle
• counts third person singular

Variantes phrasal: count downcount offcount oncount out