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Definition of countdown - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
event timingcounting backward to an event or action
- The countdown to the New Year has begun.
2.
preparation periodperiod of time leading up to an important event
- The final countdown to the new year was filled with excitement..
3.
media programshow ranking items in reverse order
- I watched the countdown of the top 10 songs.
Expressions with countdown
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time display or device that counts backward to zero before an event
I set a countdown timer for ten minutes while the cake baked.
last moments before an important event
The team was nervous during the final countdown to the championship game.
begin the process of counting down numbers to zero
They will start the countdown before the race begins.
Origin of countdown
English, count (calculate) + down (reduce)
Terms with countdown included in their meaning
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holiday countdown
special calendar to count days until Christmas
music
do a countdown before starting a performance
space
the countdown and launch of a rocket
countdown
happening or related to the time before a launch
yachting
countdown before a race starts
start signal
countdown or prompt to start
Examples of countdown in a sentence
We watched the countdown to the concert eagerly. The countdown to the rocket launch has begun. The countdown for the concert started a week before the event. The station airs a weekly countdown of popular podcasts. Our countdown revealed the year's best films.
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- French:compte à rebours, hit-parade, ...
- German:Countdown, Hitparade, ...
- Italian:conto alla rovescia, classifica alla rovescia, ...
- Spanish:cuenta regresiva, clasificación, ...
- Portuguese:contagem decrescente, programa de contagem decrescente, ...
- Chinese:倒计时, 倒计时节目, ...
- Japanese:カウントダウン, 最終カウントダウン, ...
- Arabic:عَدّ تَنازُلي, بَرْنامج عَدّ تَنازُلِيّ, ...
- Hebrew:סְפִירָה לְאָחוֹר, מִצְעָד, ...
- Russian:обратный отсчет, обратный отсчёт, ...
- Ukrainian:зворотний відлік, хіт-парад, ...
- Hindi:उलटी गिनती, अंतिम उलटी गिनती, ...
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