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counting against

counting against is the present participle and gerund of count against.

Meaning of count against

Verb

count against (third-person singular simple present counts against, present participle counting against, simple past and past participle counted against)

  1. (transitive, usually) To be a black mark on (someone); to be able to harm (someone's) reputation; to be able to cause (someone) to be rejected.
    Antonyms:
    count towards

Questions about counting against

What is counting against the present participle and gerund of?
Counting against is the present participle and gerund of count against.

Words near counting against in the dictionary

  1. countifies
  2. countify
  3. countifying
  4. countin'
  5. counting
  6. counting against
  7. counting agent
  8. counting agents
  9. counting angels on pinheads
  10. counting calories
  11. counting cards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counting against (page history and authors); count against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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