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counts chickens

counts chickens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count chickens.

Meaning of count chickens

Verb

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

  1. To trust in something good that is not yet certain.
    • I was starting to count chickens, but then I had always worked on the principle that it was good to talk oneself out of being tired, or pessimistic.2001, Victor Smith, Open Cockpit over Africa, →ISBN, page 89
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, chicken.

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What is counts chickens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Counts chickens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count chickens.

Words near counts chickens in the dictionary

  1. counts
  2. counts against
  3. counts angels on pinheads
  4. counts calories
  5. counts cards
  6. counts chickens
  7. counts coup
  8. counts down
  9. counts in
  10. counts noses
  11. counts off

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