count down
See also: countdown, Countdown, and count-down
English
Noun
count down (plural count downs)
- Alternative spelling of countdown
Verb
count down (third-person singular simple present counts down, present participle counting down, simple past and past participle counted down)
- To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.
- The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.
- To await a precisely timed expected event.
- The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.
Translations
announce the passage of time
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await a precisely timed expected event
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