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Definition: Counting |
CountingNoun1. The act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "counting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of counting your children, and they are merry and sweet-looking, denotes that you will have no trouble in controlling them, and they will attain honorable places. To dream of counting money, you will be lucky and always able to pay your debts; but to count out money to another person, you will meet with loss of some kind. Such will be the case, also, in counting other things. If for yourself, good; if for others, usually bad luck will attend you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Counting is the mathematical action of adding (or subtracting) one, usually to find out how many objectss there are or to set aside a desired number of objects (starting with one for the first object and proceeding with a one-to-one correspondence); however, counting is also used (primarily by children and linguistic students) to demonstrate knowledge of the number system. Counting sometimes involves numbers other than one (for example: when counting money or when "counting by fives" -- 5,10,15,20,25...); but, relatively simple numbers (most always integers) are still used.
There is archelogical evidence that humans have been counting for, at least, 50,000 years [1 - p.9]; the development of counting led to the development of mathematical notation and numeral systems. Counting was primarily used, by ancient cultures, to keep track of economic data; such as debts and capital.
See also: enumerative combinatorics
References
1 -- An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (6th Edition) by Howard Eves (1990)Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Counting."
Synonyms: CountingSynonyms: count (n), enumeration (n), numeration (n), reckoning (n), tally (n). (additional references) |
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Nonaddition Subtraction | Adverb: in deduction; Noun: less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count. |
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Screenplays | I'm counting on you, red, white and blue (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe) If you don't want to be counting the fingers you haven't got, I suggest you get those guns (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) You're counting cards (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass) Kathleen, before you start counting the rings around my trunk, I think you should thank your lucky stars that a cheap, parasitic slug, such as yourself, is allowed even to cohabitate under the same roof with a woman of my caliber and credentials (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) Not counting the ex-wives (Red Planet; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer) | |
Lyrics | But I ain't losing sleep and I ain't counting sheep, (We Don't Talk Anymore; performing artist: Cliff Richard) And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart (Don't Dream It's Over; performing artist: Crowded House) Well they were counting down the ways (The Remedy (I Won't Worry); performing artist: JASON MRAZ) Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn (Set the controls for the heart of the sun; performing artist: Pink Floyd) These kings of beasts now counting their days (The Prophet's Song; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May) | |
Clever | Can't sleep? Try counting your blessings. (references; author: unknown) A happy person is one whose arithmetic is at its best when he is counting his blessings. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Not Counting the Savages (1972) I Start Counting (1969) Counting Out the Count (1917) The Counting of Time (1913) He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) | |
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 | (9) color slides show the tip of the Coulter counter in a buffer solution, counting cells in solution. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Tautwire measuring machine By trailing wire astern and counting revolutions, one can determine distances Used to measure distance between floating hydrographic signals. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Fisheries biologists sorting, counting, and measuring various species. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A NMFS sampling station counting fish with cooperation of anglers from headboats. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Salmon being counted when passing through weirs. By law, a certain percentage of salmon runs had to be allowed to escape commercial fisheries in order to spawn. To check the percentage, counting weirs were maintained on many streams. F&W - 10,111. Credit: Fisheries. |  | NURP1 MiniROVer's fresnel lens used for counting particles and plankton. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Underwater writing slates were used to record the different species adhering to the top, side and interior roof of pipes over time. Counting the interior surface of pipes took considerable flexibility on the part of the diver. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Straightening out one of the underwater transect lines used for counting fish. All fish ten feet to each side of the line were counted. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Figure 33. Clockwork counting device of Ekman current meter. Left: before triggering the release. Right: After triggering the release. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 20. A Nansen counting pulley - used to determine the length of cable reeled out on an oceanographic station. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Boston skyline" by Tom Haynes Commentary: "Counting the buildings..." | "Hand Count 5" by Gary McCord Commentary: "From the hand counting series." |
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 | Cash counter counting out bills and finishing with a high-pitched beep. | | Paper money being shuffled in a counting manner. |
| One two three four; increasing counting. | ||
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany is forbidden to construct or acquire any warships other than those intended to replace the units in commission provided for in Article l81 of the present Treaty The warships intended for replacement purposes as above shall not exceed the following displacement: Armoured ships 10,000 tons Light cruisers 6,000 tons Destroyers 800 tons Torpedo boats 200 tons Except where a ship has been lost, units of the different classes shall only be replaced at the end of a period of twenty years in the case of battleships and cruisers, and fifteen years in the case of destroyers and torpedo boats, counting from the launching of the ship. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | We will start as we did before, but not begin counting till our trains meet |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Without counting heart troubles |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | End your rhythmic breathing by counting slowly and silently to three. (references) | |
TB bacilli tend to form clumps, which makes working with them and counting them difficult. (references) | ||
Neuropsychological tests measure memory, problem solving, attention, counting, and language. (references) | ||
Business | Counting at the average price of $250 per unit, smuggled handsets are valued at a total of over $1.2 billion. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Fiji | After several warnings, the journalists were ordered to leave a counting station. (references) |
Economic History | Oman | By 2020, the Government is counting on tourism to contribute 5 percent to GDP-up 100-fold from the current level. (references) |
Belarus | International monitors noted sweeping human rights violations and nondemocratic practices throughout the election period, including massive vote counting fraud. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | The outcome of the presidential elections became suspicious when vote counting was suspended midday with Gbagbo leading in returns. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Parliamentary elections in November 2000 and in January were marked by numerous and serious flaws, particularly in the vote counting process. (references) | |
Zambia | The voting and counting processes generally were transparent, and there were no reports of violence or overt intimidation during the elections. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | Many flaws also were noted in the counting process. (references) |
Belarus | Polling station observers were not allowed to observe the counting process. (references) | |
Singapore | There were no opposition allegations of irregularities in the casting or counting of votes in the election. (references) | |
Trade | Laos | THERE ARE THREE STATE-OWNED COMMERCIAL BANKS IN LAOS, NOT COUNTING THE NEWLY OPENED LAO-VIET BANK, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE LAO AND VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS. (references) |
Indonesia | When the smoke cleared, the total number of banks had declined from 238 pre-crisis to 162 (5 state-owned national banks, 27 state-owned regional development banks, 120 private banks, and 10 foreign branches, not counting joint-venture banks and foreign banks' representative offices). (references) | |
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Ann Richards | Here's what I suspect. I suspect it's going to energize the Democratic vote. It's just a reminder of what occurred in counting votes in a presidential election. |
John Hartmann | Look, David, I know you're counting on me to play a key role in your hollow charade, but I'm afraid it's a lost cause. |
Rush Limbaugh | In order to push this Big Lie, the Democrats are counting on the fact that you will not be able to understand simple math problems, or the nature of tax cuts. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | This undertaking is a joint responsibility of the executive and legislative branches, and I'm counting on the cooperation and statesmanship of the Congress to help us meet this essential foreign policy goal. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | To every American out there on Social Security, to every, every American supporting that system today, and to everyone counting on it when they retire, we made a promise to you, and we are going to keep it. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | After all, most of the people we're counting on to build our economic future do not graduate from college. |
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| "Counting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.12% of the time. "Counting" is used about 849 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 90.12% | 765 | 8,983 |
| Noun (singular) | 6% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.12% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.65% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 849 | N/A |
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Expressions using "counting": choose by counting ♦ coin counting machine ♦ counting frame ♦ counting from today ♦ counting house ♦ counting of money ♦ counting of votes ♦ counting off ♦ counting reel ♦ counting room ♦ liquid scintillation counting ♦ not counting ♦ not counting the children ♦ reference counting ♦ Scintillation Counting ♦ sheet counting ♦ vote counting ♦ Whole-Body Counting. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "counting": counting-down, counting-games, counting-house, counting-houses, counting-out rhyme, counting-room. | |
Ending with "counting": calorie-counting, double-counting, head-counting, point-counting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "counting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | telraam (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame), rekenraam (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame), abakus (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame). (various references) | |
Albanian | numërim (enumeration, numbering, numeration, recapitulation, reckoning, rehearsal). (various references) | |
Arabic | حساب (account, calculation, computation, enumeration, reckoning, tab, tally), العد (acne), إحصاء (compute, count, numeration). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кантора (counting house, counting room, office, shop). (various references) | |
Chinese | 计数 (Count, counted). (various references) | |
Czech | poèítací. (various references) | |
Danish | taelling af bakterier (enumeration), nummerering (filtration, numbering). (various references) | |
Dutch | telling (census, computation, count, enumeration). (various references) | |
Finnish | pesäkelaskenta (enumeration). (various references) | |
French | compte (cost), comptant (marché au comptant), comptage sur plaques, calcul (computation, compute), titrage, recensement (count), numération, dénombrement (compilation, count). (various references) | |
German | zählend, abzählend. (various references) | |
Greek | αρίθμηση (count, numbering, numeration). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ספירה (count, era, numeration, score), ספורה (measure). (various references) | |
Hungarian | számoló (calculated risk, calculating, counter, reckoner), számolás (calculation, count, figures, numeration, reckoning). (various references) | |
Icelandic | taknagrind (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame), reiknigrind (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembilangan. (various references) | |
Irish | comhaireamh. (various references) | |
Italian | conteggio (calculation, count, tally), contare (calculate, count, expect, have, mean, number, reckon, tell, to count), contabile (accountant, accounting clerk, accounts clerk, bookkeeper, book-keeper, calculator), conta batterica (enumeration), titolazione (titration). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 勘定 (allowance, calculation, consideration, reckoning, settlement of an account). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かずとり (a counting game), かんじょう (aboard a warship, allowance, annulation, calculation, consideration, coronary, defending soldier, emotion, feeling, letter of commendation, reckoning, ring-forming, sentiment, settlement of an account, tubular). (various references) | |
Korean | 세음. (various references) | |
Manx | co-earroo (calculation, computation, compute, computing, count, poll). (various references) | |
Papiamen | teleram (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame), tèlram (abacus, ball-frame, counting-frame). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ountingcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contagem (canvass, count, score), titulação (titration), determinação do título (filtration, numbering). (various references) | |
Romanian | socotealã (account, bill, calculation, cast, check, computation, consideration, count, idea, offset, pay off, profit, reckoning, reflection, shot, supposition), numãrãtoare. (various references) | |
Russian | считающий, считать счет счетный, полагающий. (various references) | |
Scottish | cunntas (arithmetic, numbering, reckoning). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | računski. (various references) | |
Spanish | contar (calculate, check, count, look to, narrate, number, pitch, reckon, recount, relate, retail, spin, tell, yarn), cálculo (accounting cost, calculation, calculus, computation, computing, estimate, reckoning, stone), recuento (count, re count, recount, scrutinizing), numeración (numbering, numeration). (various references) | |
Swedish | räkning (account, bill, billing, calculation, cast, count, invoice, reckoning, score, tally). (various references) | |
Turkish | sayma (count, reckoning), sayım (census, enumeration), hesap (account, arithmetic, bill, calculation, calculus, computation, count, estimate, reckoning, score, settling, sum, sums). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відлік (readout), підрахунок (calculation, computation, compute, count, enumeration, estimation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phòng tài vụ (counting-house). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfrifiad (census). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ecclesiastes Chapter 7, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ide touto euron eipen o ekklhsiasthV mia th mia tou eurein logismon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et inveni amariorem morte mulierem quae laqueus venatorum est et sagena cor eius vincula sunt manus illius qui placet Deo effugiet eam qui autem peccator est capietur ab illa |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And I fond a womman bitterere than deth, the whiche is the grene of hunteres, and a net the herte of hir, bondis ben the hondis of hir; who plesith to God, shal ascapen hir, who forsothe is a synnere, shal be cayt of hir. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account, |
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| Language | Ecclesiastes Chapter 7, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ania karon, kini hingkaplagan ko, nagaingon ang Magwawali, sa pagtulotimbang sa usa ka butang sunod sa usa, aron sa pagsusi sa hinungdan: |
| Croatian | Eto, to sam sve u svemu otkrio, veli Propovjednik. |
| Danish | Se, det fandt jeg ud, sagde Prædikeren, ved at lægge det ene til det andet for at drage min Slutning. |
| Dutch | Ziet, dit heb ik gevonden, zegt de prediker, het ene bij het andere, om de sluitrede te vinden; |
| Finnish | Ja minä löysin sen, mikä on kuolemaa katkerampi: naisen, joka on verkko, jonka sydän on paula ja jonka kädet ovat kahleet. Se, joka on otollinen Jumalan edessä, pelastuu hänestä, mutta synnintekijä häneen takertuu. |
| French | Voici ce que j`ai trouvé, dit l`Ecclésiaste, en examinant les choses une à une pour en saisir la raison; |
| German | Schau, das habe ich gefunden, spricht der Prediger, eins nach dem andern, daß ich Erkenntnis fände. |
| Hungarian | Lásd, ezt találtam, azt mondja a prédikátor; mikor gyakorta nagy szorgalmassággal keresém a megfejtést, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lihat, kata Sang Pemikir: Semua itu kutemukan, ketika langkah demi langkah kucari jawaban. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwasanya ini telah kudapati, kata al-Khatib, satu berganti satu akan beroleh kenyataannya; |
| Italian | Vedi, io ho scoperto questo, dice Qoèlet, confrontando una ad una le cose, per trovarne la ragione. |
| Maori | Nana, kua kitea tenei e ahau, e ai ta te Kaikauwhau, he mea whakarite tetahi mea ki tetahi, kia kitea ai te tikanga: |
| Norwegian | Se, dette fant jeg ut, sier predikeren, idet jeg la det ene til det andre for å finne hovedsummen. |
| Portuguese | Vedes aqui, isto achei, diz o pregador, conferindo uma coisa com a outra para achar a causa; |
| Rumanian | Iatq ce am gqsit, zice Eclesiastul, cercetknd lucrurile unul ckte unul, ca sq le pqtrund rostul; |
| Russian | чПФ ЬФП ОБЫЕМ С, УЛБЪБМ еЛЛМЕУЙБУФ, ЙУРЩФЩЧБС ПДОП ЪБ ДТХЗЙН. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "counting": countinghouse, countinghouses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "counting": accounting, discounting, miscounting, outcounting, overcounting, overdiscounting, recounting, rediscounting, undercounting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "counting": accountings. (additional references) | |
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"Counting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caunting, Cointrin, conting, continge, countings, cunting, Kuntang. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "counting" (pronounced kou"nting or kou"ning) |
| 6 | k ou" n t i ng | accounting, recounting. |
| 5 | -ou" n t i ng | amounting, mounting, surmounting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | appointing, accenting, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, chanting, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, daunting, decanting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, granting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, ranting, recanting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, replanting, representing, reprinting, resenting, shunting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, transplanting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
| 4 | -ou" n i ng | Browning, clowning, crowning, Downing, drowning, frowning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, draining, droning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-n-n-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unction. | |
-2 letters: coning, coting, noting, nuncio, outing, toning, tuning. | |
-3 letters: coign, conin, count, cuing, cutin, incog, ingot, niton, ontic, tigon, tonic, tunic, ungot, union. | |
-4 letters: cion, coin, coni, conn, gout, icon, into, noun, otic, ting, tong, tung, unci, unco, unit, unto. | |
-5 letters: cig, cog, con, cot, cut, gin, git, gnu, got, gun, gut, inn, ion. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-n-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: confuting, contusing, trouncing, uncoating. | |
+2 letters: accounting, auctioning, cautioning, conducting, construing, consulting, continuing, contouring, countering, outdancing, recounting, suctioning, unclothing. | |
+3 letters: accountings, comminuting, conjugating, conjugation, | |
