Definitions for count down
count down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. count downverb

   count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. count downverb

   To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.

2. count downverb

   To await a precisely timed expected event.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. count down

   A countdown is a sequence of backward counting to indicate the time remaining before an event is scheduled to occur. NASA commonly employs the terms "L-minus" and "T-minus" during the preparation for and anticipation of a rocket launch, and even "E-minus" for events that involve spacecraft that are already in space, where the "T" could stand for "Test" or "Time", and the "E" stands for "Encounter", as with a comet or some other space object. Other events for which countdowns are commonly used include the detonation of an explosive, the start of a race, the start of the New Year, or any anxiously anticipated event. An early use of a countdown once signaled the start of a Cambridge University rowing race. One of the first known associations with rockets was in the 1929 German science fiction movie Frau im Mond (English: Woman in the Moon) written by Thea von Harbou and directed by Fritz Lang in an attempt to increase the drama of the launch sequence of the story's lunar-bound rocket.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. count down

   A countdown is an act of counting backwards or sequentially decreasing from a higher number towards zero, typically to indicate the time remaining before an event starts or ends. This technique is often used in preparing for significant events such as rocket launches, the start of a race, the New Year, or the end of a time-bound activity.

Matched Categories

1. • Count

How to pronounce count down?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say count down in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of count down in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of count down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3