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Meanings of counting word in английском

Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns.

Synonyms
Examples for "counter"
Examples for "counter"
1
Their colleagues in Congress hope to counter the new rules with legislation.
Reuters
2
An over-the-counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate.
Reuters
3
His book is a case study of a counter-insurgency war gone wrong.
The Irish Times
4
Israel takes in droves of Palestinian refugees fleeing the counter-humanist Palestinian laws.
The South African
5
PwC partner David Stebbings advised companies to monitor bank counter-party risk daily.
Reuters
1
It may mean counting words, but it may mean something else entirely.
The Land of Painted Caves
2
She didn't think there were even enough counting words for them all.
The Shelters of Stone
3
How could someone raised by flatheads have any understanding of counting words?
The Valley of Horses
4
She remembered the years better her way, but she liked the counting words.
The Valley of Horses
5
It made the counting words so much more powerful when used like that.
The Land of Painted Caves
1
Then keep your vocabulary clean of bargain- counter words.
Lady Baltimore
1
The measured words of Accountant Somers were still ringing in his ears:
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
2
This is a classic Two-Step move: maintain independence, but use mild, measured words.
Reuters
3
Water, Ivor was thinking, as the measured words flowed over him.
The darkest road
4
There was something final and convincing in his companion's measured words.
The Great Prince Shan
5
We have reached a stage where measured words stand out.
The Irish Times
Usage of counting word in английском
1
I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word.
The Mammoth Hunters
2
Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority.
The Land of Painted Caves
3
We say five is Her sacred counting word.
The Land of Painted Caves
4
Five is also the Mother's sacred counting word.
The Land of Painted Caves
5
The number of fingers on one hand, five, is an important counting word in its own right.
The Land of Painted Caves
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There is a certain prestige in having a lower counting word and Twenty-nine was rather large already.
The Land of Painted Caves
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Pointing to each mark, he made a mark in the dirt floor as he said the counting word aloud.
The Valley of Horses
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She had used countings words and marked a gouge on a flat piece of antler, and Ayla found the information fascinating.
The Shelters of Stone
9
"They are good mothers, have many babies, two hands..." Ayla stopped to think of the name of the counting word.
The Mammoth Hunters
10
"Why didn't Dalanar just continue to call himself Zelandonii and make his people another Cave with the next higher counting word?" Ayla asked.
The Shelters of Stone
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