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 Definitions of countdown  [ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn]  

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Definition of 'countdown' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) countdown
the backward counting from the initiation of a project, as a rocket launching, with the moment of firing designated as zero.

2.  countdown
the final preparations made during this period.

3.  countdown
any period of increased activity before a deadline.

Etymology:  (1950–55)

Definition of 'countdown' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) countdown
counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)


Translation of 'countdown' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (used originally of a rocket) a counting backwards to check the time remaining until the beginning of an event, regarded as zero
It's five minutes to countdown.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aftelling Arabic flag Arabic: عَد تَنازُلي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обратно броене
Brazilian flag Brazilian: contagem regressiva Czech flag Czech: odpočítávání (zpětné) German flag German: der Countdown
Danish flag Danish: nedtælling Greek flag Greek: αντίστροφη μέτρηση Spanish flag Spanish: cuenta atrás
Estonian flag Estonian: stardiloendus Farsi flag Farsi: شمارش معکوس Finnish flag Finnish: lähtölaskenta
French flag French: compteà rebours Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְפִירָה לְאָחוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: उल्टी गिनती
Croatian flag Croatian: odbrojavanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: visszaszámlálás Indonesian flag Indonesian: hitungan mundur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: niðurtalning Italian flag Italian: conto alla rovescia Japanese flag Japanese: 秒読みをする
Korean flag Korean: 초읽기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: laiko skaičiavimas atgal Latvian flag Latvian: laika skaitīšana līdz (ra
Malay flag Malay: kira turutan ke bawah Dutch flag Dutch: het aftellen Norwegian flag Norwegian: nedtelling
Polish flag Polish: odliczanie Persian flag Persian: شمارش معکوس Pashto flag Pashto: د چپه شمیرل کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: contagem decrescente Romanian flag Romanian: numără­toare inversă Russian flag Russian: обратный (от)счёт
Slovak flag Slovak: odpočítavanie (smerom k n Slovenian flag Slovenian: odštevanje Serbian flag Serbian: odbrojavanje
Swedish flag Swedish: nedräkning Thai flag Thai: การนับถอยหลังก่อนที่จะมีเ Turkish flag Turkish: geriye sayma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 倒數計時 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зворотний відлік Urdu flag Urdu: ال‍ٹ‍ی گنتی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đếm ngược Chinese flag Chinese: 倒数读秒,倒计数

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