transcription, транскрипция: [ kaʊntdaʊn ]
( countdowns)
1.
A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
The countdown has begun for the launch later today of the American space shuttle...
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2.
The countdown to an event is the period of time leading up to the event.
...the countdown to the next election.
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