Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

count on the fingers of one hand

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
coun-t on the fin-ger-s of one -hand
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To count something small enough in number that one can do it using just the digits on one's hand.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

counts on the fingers of one hand (present, singular) counting on the fingers of one hand (participle, present) counted on the fingers of one hand (participle, past) counted on the fingers of one hand (past) count on one hand (alternative)

Questions

What does count on the fingers of one hand mean?
To count something small enough in number that one can do it using just the digits on one's hand.

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