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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x1)
- I have told you countless times to tidy your room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x2)
- Countless people came to see the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x3)
- The beach has countless grains of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x4)
- She read countless books in the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x5)
- Countless birds fly south for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x6)
- Round her came swarming countless devils, the izba was full of them! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/19/)
- [In 1610 Galileo turned a small telescope on the Milky Way and found it was made of countless faint stars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/23-the-milky-way/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «countless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.