COUNTING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

counting

verb

present participle of count

as in telling

to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around

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Relevance

as in weighing

to be of importance punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview

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as in relying

to place reliance or trust I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move

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as in considering

to think of in a particular way I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort

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Recent Examples of counting This also includes edges of the first type, however, meaning any edges that directly connect two boundary points to each other must, of course, be subtracted to avoid counting them twice. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 Detroit is currently on the hook for $154 million next season without counting Duren, which puts it $46 million below the luxury tax. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The incident, though, didn’t end up counting against the university’s free speech score. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 11 Sep. 2026 According to the lawsuit, San Diego improperly judged whether a walking path existed by only counting sidewalks, whereas the law requires that the right-of-way on streets be considered a walking path. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The significance of the project extends well beyond simply counting galaxies. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026 The answers separate the platforms that are watching from the platforms that are counting. — Atsushi Yamada, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 By Childs’s count, Tuesday’s release patches 972 vulnerabilities, and 997 when counting the porting of fixes for the Chromium browser incorporated into Edge. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 But for thousands who still mourn, especially in the New York region on the 25th anniversary, such fundamental concerns about identifying the victims, counting the dead and finding the culprits is the equivalent of an open wound. — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense issued warnings to residents of Riyadh and the surrounding area early Saturday, telling people to remain indoors because of an aerial threat.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in the fall can be the tail end of summer seasonal allergies.

— Ann Sheehan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

The United States Air Force (USAF) is currently weighing whether to restart production of the C-17 Globemaster III or commit to designing and buying an entirely new aircraft.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Energy bottlenecks and central bank policy will likely drive both bonds and stocks in the near term, with rate relief supporting both but yield increases weighing more on equities.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

Can that person find help, reconnect and reach safe transport without relying on their phone?

— Sunita Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Many Americans, coping with the high cost of living, are increasingly relying on credit cards to help maintain their spending.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of relying

Verb

For many people considering self-insurance, homeowners coverage is still a good use of funds when compared with your net worth, Connor said.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The White House is considering whether to host a meeting with AI executives on the sidelines of its summit with Xi next week, but the Chinese would not be invited, an official said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

Joscha Bach of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness, another AGI pioneer, says a truly intelligent system should not need to devour the entire Internet and consume vast amounts of computing power for even the simplest query.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
That project focuses on generating reliable, round-the-clock electricity to feed the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and computing data centers.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of computing

Verb

Trust ends up mattering more than uptime in deciding which platforms get automated against, and which get left out.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Sai’Vion Jones is a third-round pick from 2025, and maybe that ends up mattering here, but Jackson’s a better player at this stage.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

The actresses alternate between the roles of Electra/Elisabeth and Clytemnestra/Alma each night, depending on a coin toss.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Defects alter electron behavior The images revealed massive differences depending on the number of defects present.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of depending

Verb

Posing for the sports trading app Novig, Sweeney has stirred a debate regarding oversexualization in the world of advertising.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Many job seekers worry that AI interviewers may have built-in biases regarding race, ethnicity, age, gender or manner of speaking.

— Sophie Caldwell Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026