count down

kaʊnt daʊn

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Definition of count down - Reverso English Dictionary

Phrasal verb

tr./intr.

sequence to zeroreduce numbers sequentially towards zero

The crowd began to count down from ten to one..

decrease

taper off

timeannounce time until an event happens

They will count down the minutes until midnight.

enumerate

tally

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Expressions with count

count chickens

determine the number of chickens

We need to count chickens in the coop.

count heads

count the number of people present

The teacher asked the students to count heads before leaving the museum.

count in

include someone in an activity or plan

If you're going to the movies, count me in.

count to 10

count numbers from one to ten

When stressed, she counts to 10 slowly.

count him out

exclude him from an activity or plan

They decided to count him out of the meeting.

count me in

exp.

agree to participate in an activity

If you're going to the party, count me in!

Examples of count down in a sentence

The timer will count down from 60 seconds.
We will count down the days to the wedding.
The children count down the seconds to the new year.

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French:faire le compte à rebours, décompter, ...
German:herunterzählen, ...
Italian:fare il conto alla rovescia, ...
Spanish:hacer la cuenta regresiva, contar, ...
Portuguese:contar regressivamente, fazer a contagem decrescente, ...
Chinese:倒计时, ...
Japanese:カウントダウンする, ...
Arabic:عَدَّ تَنازُلِيًّا, أعلن العد التنازلي, ...
Hebrew:לִסְפּוֹר לְאָחוֹר, ...
Russian:считать в обратном порядке, отсчитывать, ...
Ukrainian:рахувати у зворотному порядку, відраховувати, ...
Hindi:उलटी गिनती करना, ...
Bengali:উল্টো গোনা, উল্টো গণনা করা, ...
Catalan:comptar enrere, fer el compte enrere, ...
Czech:odpočítávat, ...
Danish:tælle ned, nedtælle, ...
Dutch:aftellen, ...
Greek:μετράω αντίστροφα, κάνω αντίστροφη μέτρηση, ...
Hungarian:visszaszámolni, számolni, ...
Khmer:រាប់ថយក្រោយ, រាប់ពេលថយក្រោយ, ...
Korean:카운트다운하다, 시간을 알리다, ...
Persian:شمارش معکوس کردن, معکوس شمردن, ...
Polish:odliczać, odliczyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):contar regressivamente, fazer uma contagem regressiva, ...
Romanian:a număra înapoi, a număra, ...
Swedish:räkna ner, ...
Thai:นับถอยหลัง, ...
Turkish:geriye doğru saymak, saymak, ...
Vietnamese:đếm ngược, đếm lùi, ...

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