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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of counting For years, school administrators across the system used flawed methods to track graduation rates, often counting students who had transferred to other schools as dropouts. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Both of these typically tokenize data into 1D or 2D sequences, which makes simple spatial tasks unnecessarily difficult—like counting unique chairs in a short video, or remembering what a room looked like an hour ago. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 Just counting the regular season, Stanton has now played 764 games in 8-plus seasons as a New York Yankee. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026 Leading off in front of on-base machine Juan Soto is never be a bad thing for counting stats. — John Laghezza, New York Times, 10 July 2026 That's counting from when the Morocco foul was called until when Mbappé took the kick. — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026 No payments have been required during the forbearance, but the period has also not been counting toward student loan forgiveness. — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 After the runoff election, a European Union observer mission praised the transparency and efficiency of the vote-counting process. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 Over in Nevada, UNLV defensive lineman Cohen Fuller, who graduated high school in 2022, has brought a lawsuit objecting to the NCAA counting Fuller’s seasons played in junior college and in the NAIA. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026

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Verb

Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Anna Maria says the Church had put him up for adoption without telling her.

— Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

Lawmakers are also weighing a Russia sanctions bill that Graham championed, with some Republicans pushing to rename the bill in his honor and advance it this week.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 July 2026
For families weighing whether to book a mobile dog wash & grooming appointment or drop their pup at a salon, the stakes are real.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

While some businesses relying on summer traffic have been forced to temporarily close their doors, others refuse to let the smoke alter their plans.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Instead of relying on a solid zinc electrode, the new design turns zinc itself into a flowable energy carrier.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of relying

Verb

The question comes after a Wall Street Journal report last week saying that Netflix executives were considering adding in live channels that continuously stream one program or certain genres, in an effort to boost viewer engagement.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
That’s dangerous, considering the National Institute on Aging estimates that up to 1 in 5 women 50 and up have it— in fact, 1 in 2 of these women will break a bone as a result.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

As massive investments in artificial intelligence and data centers have spurred demand for computing hardware, Chinese manufacturers are capitalizing on the opportunity.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
These solar panels would generate 150 kW of peak power and 120 kW of average power for computing.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Definition of computing

Verb

Perhaps that was the right model in the services era, where proximity to the work was the differentiator, but when work can be automated, being close to it stops mattering.

— Nick Heddy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.

— Matthew Emerzian, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

Investigations can take months Across the country, utility death investigations are handled differently depending on the utility and ownership.

— Eric Adler July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
The most visible impact is electricity use, which can translate into greenhouse gas emissions depending on when and where the power is consumed.

— Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of depending

Verb

Doctors have a range of views regarding issues of both testosterone level monitoring as well as administration of TRT for low testosterone levels.

— Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Senate Bill 519 requires law enforcement agencies to publish records, video and audio files for the public regarding deaths that occur in law enforcement custody, including jail deaths.

— Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026