count down

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

The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.

b) To await a precisely timed expected event.

The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.


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  • Count-down — Count down …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Count-down — auch: Count|down 〈[kaʊntdaʊn] m. 6 oder n. 15〉 1. lautes Rückwärtszählen von einer beliebigen Ausgangsziffer bis null als Einleitung zum Startkommando für einen Vorgang 2. die dafür festgelegte Zeitspanne 3. die für einen Raketenstart notwendigen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Count Down TV — Title screen used in 2009. Format Music Live Program, Music chart Presented by …   Wikipedia

  • Count-down — Count down, Count·down [ kaunt daun] der; s, s; 1 das Zählen von einer Zahl zurück nach Null bis zum Beginn eines Ereignisses (meist dem Start einer Rakete) <ein reibungsloser Count down> 2 die Zeit bis zum Beginn eines Ereignisses ≈ Frist… …   Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • count down to — count down (to (something)) to count backwards to the time when something is expected to happen. They had a clock that counted down the days, hours, and minutes to the new year. If you re counting down, spring is just ten days away …   New idioms dictionary

  • count down — (to (something)) to count backwards to the time when something is expected to happen. They had a clock that counted down the days, hours, and minutes to the new year. If you re counting down, spring is just ten days away …   New idioms dictionary

  • count down — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} conto alla rovescia {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1958. ETIMO: comp. di count 1conto e down giù …   Dizionario italiano

  • Count-down — auch: Count|down 〈[kaʊntdaʊn] n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.〉 1. lautes Rückwärtszählen von einer beliebigen Ausgangsziffer bis zum Start eines Vorgangs, um die bis dahin verbleibende Zeit anzuzeigen, z. B. beim Start von Raketen 2. die dafür festgelegte …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • count-down — / kaʊnt daʊn/, it. / kaunt daun/ locuz. ingl. [comp. di count conto e down giù , propr. conto verso il basso ], usata in ital. come s.m. [conteggio dello scorrere del tempo effettuato al contrario] ▶◀ conto alla rovescia …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • count down — /kauntˈdaun, ingl. ˈkauntˌdaun/ [loc. ingl., propriamente «conto alla rovescia», comp. di count «conto» e down «giù, verso il basso»] loc. sost. m. inv. conto alla rovescia …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • count|down — «KOWNT DOWN», noun. 1. the period of time for preparation before the launching of a missile or rocket, or before the start of any other operation or undertaking. 2. the calling out of the passing minutes or seconds of this period as they pass:… …   Useful english dictionary

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