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counting calories

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

Meaning of count calories

Verb

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

  1. To keep track of one's food consumption in calories, as part of following a diet.

Questions about counting calories

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

Words near counting calories in the dictionary

  1. counting
  2. counting against
  3. counting agent
  4. counting agents
  5. counting angels on pinheads
  6. counting calories
  7. counting cards
  8. counting cell hemocytometer
  9. counting cell hemocytometers
  10. counting chickens
  11. counting coup

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