countless

«countless» in Mova's school dictionary: so many that they cannot be counted, or very, very many — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (countless)

meaning for a pupil

Countless means so many that they cannot be counted, or very, very many. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday talk it shows a huge number: countless stars, countless times. In maths, careful: the stars in the sky can be estimated, and «countless» is an exaggeration meaning very many, not a real number. Phrases: countless times, countless people, countless stars.

examples

• There are countless stars in the night sky. tree →
• I have told you countless times to tidy your room. tree →
• Countless people came to see the parade. tree →
• The beach has countless grains of sand. tree →
• She read countless books in the holidays. tree →
• Countless birds fly south for the winter. tree →
• Round her came swarming countless devils, the izba was full of them! tree →

note

Comes before a plural noun (countless times). Not comparable. Similar: innumerable, numberless, lots and lots. In a maths problem it does not give a number: you cannot calculate with «countless».

In the corpora

• Chalk and limestone are calcium carbonate too and fizz with acid; chalk cliffs are made from the shells of countless tiny sea creatures.
• In 1610 Galileo turned a small telescope on the Milky Way and found it was made of countless faint stars.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «countless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.