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countless

/ˈkaʊntləs/

Meanings
adjective
Too many to count; innumerable or incalculable

Examples :

"There is a countless number of stars."
number amount

Related Words

Illustration innumerable

innumerable adjective

/ɪˈnjuːməɹ.əbəl/ /ɪˈnuːməɹ.əbəl/

Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

"The casualties of the Second World War were so great that they are innumerable."

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration there

there noun

/ðeː(ɹ)/ /ðɛə(ɹ)/ /ðɛəɹ/

That place.

"My favorite spot in the park is there, by the old oak tree. "

Illustration stars

stars noun

/stɑːz/ /stɑɹz/

Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.

"We looked up at night and saw many stars shining brightly in the sky, each staying in its same place compared to the others. "

Illustration many

many noun

/ˈmæni/ /ˈmɛni/

A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

"Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many."

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration incalculable

incalculable adjective

/ɪnˈkælkjələbəl/ /ɪŋˈkælkjələbəl/

Too great or numerous to be computed.

"The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable."

Illustration too

too adverb

/tuː/ /tu/

(focus) Likewise.

"My brother is tired, too. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration count

count noun

/kaʊnt/

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

"Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough."

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number noun

/ˈnʌmbə/ /ˈnʌmbɚ/ /ˈnʌmə/ /ˈnʌmɚ/

An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

"Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."