Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.

    The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.

    herunterzählen

  2. (transitive)To await a precisely timed expected event.

    The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.

    zählen

More definitions
  • count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I'm counting down the days.

    Я рахую дні, що лишилися. — deniko

    ruЯ считаю оставшиеся дни. — odexed

  2. Count from 10 down to zero.

    ruПосчитай в обратном порядке от десяти до нуля. — sharptoothed

    deZähle von zehn zurück bis null. — Manfredo

  3. Tom is counting down the days until his birthday.

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  4. Counting down from 10 can help with anger and anxiety.

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  5. We are counting down.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
announce the passage of time:
await a precisely timed expected event:

Forms

counts down, counting down, counted down, counted down
Base formcount down · to count down
3rd person singularcounts down
Present participlecounting down
Past simplecounted down
Past participlecounted down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycount down
he, she, itcounts down

Past simpleLesson

all personscounted down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave counted down
he, she, ithas counted down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill count down

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcountdown

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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