count
verb (used with object)
to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate.
am counting
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present progressiveof count (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"And I am counting heavily on the experience of the prime minister of Poland," he added.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Scholz wrote on social media platform X that “with few symptoms, I am counting on a mild case.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
He spoke with great conviction, like he knew it to be true as he brought his hand to his Mother Mary pendant, so I am counting the days and hoping he's right.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2023
“I am having some unpleasant moments but am counting on feeling better bit by bit,” he said in a post on Twitter in Spanish on Monday.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
“You are my eldest son. I am counting on you to take care of our family.”
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
