count down

See also: countdown, Countdown, and count-down

English

Noun

count down (plural count downs)

1. Alternative spelling of countdown

Verb

count down (third-person singular simple present counts down, present participle counting down, simple past and past participle counted down)

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

   The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.

2. To await a precisely timed expected event.

   The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.

Translations

announce the passage of time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒讀數 / 倒读数 (dàodúshù), 倒計時 / 倒计时 (zh) (dàojìshí), 倒數 / 倒数 (zh) (dàoshǔ)

• Esperanto: dekalkuli (eo)
• Finnish: laskea (fi)
• French: décompter (fr)
• German: herunterzählen
• Japanese: 秒読みする (ja) (byōyomi suru)
• Macedonian: одбројува (odbrojuva)
• Polish: odliczać impf, odliczyć pf
• Portuguese: fazer (a) contagem regressiva
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

await a precisely timed expected event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盼望 (zh) (pànwàng), 盼著 / 盼着, 盼着 (pànzhe)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: laskea (fi)
• French: décompter (fr)
• German: zählen (de)
• Macedonian: одбројува (odbrojuva)
• Polish: odliczać
• Portuguese: contar os dias
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} aftellen (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} décompter (fr)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} одбројува (odbrojuva)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} odštevati
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} räkna ned