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counting on

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

Meaning of count on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.
    • Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm.

Questions about counting on

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

Words near counting on in the dictionary

  1. counting noses
  2. counting number
  3. counting numbers
  4. counting of the Omer
  5. counting off
  6. counting on
  7. counting on one hand
  8. counting on the fingers of one hand
  9. counting one's blessings
  10. counting one's chickens
  11. counting one's days

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counting on (page history and authors); count on (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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