COUNTDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("countdown" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Derivation:

count down (count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example)

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