Definition of counting Counting

/kawˈntɪŋ/ - [kawnting] -

We found 6 definitions of counting from 5 different sources.

What does counting mean?

Noun
counting - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
		count, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
		investigating, investigation the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
		blood count the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
		census, nose count, nosecount a periodic count of the population
		countdown counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
		miscount an inaccurate count
		poll the counting of votes (as in an election)
		recount an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

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Counting is something people do to find out how many things there are of any kind.

One way to count.

The person counting usually starts with the number one, and gives this number to the first thing. The next thing is given the number two. Then, the next thing is given the number three. If there is another thing, it gets the number four. More things get more numbers. Each thing gets its own number in this way. The last number given to the last thing counted shows how many things there are.

More counting.

Counting is starting at a number and changing it up or down a certain number of times. In the examples above, counting started at one and then it changed by one each time something was counted. So at first the count was one. Then the count was changed by one, and one plus one is two, so the count was two. Then the count of two was changed by one again, and two plus one is three, so the count was three.

Counting can go up or down. Counting can be done on fingers.

More about counting.

It has been shown that some birds are good at counting. Crows

are birds that are good at counting.