countdown
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count·down
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count down
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Businesswoman Gina Miller, who won a ruling in the Supreme Court in 2017 that stopped the government from triggering the countdown to Brexit without a vote in Parliament, has another legal challenge in the works. — Washington Post, "Opposition grows to Johnson’s Parliament suspension," 29 Aug. 2019 Since taking the job, Diaz would provide a countdown to this opening kickoff in interviews. — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, "Hyde: What a night it could be for Miami — but everything points to Florida on Saturday | Commentary," 23 Aug. 2019 Everything in This Slideshow THE COUPLES The countdown to Temptation Island‘s season 2 is officially on — PEOPLE can exclusively announce that the reboot returns Oct. 10 at 10 p.m. ET on USA Network. — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, "Temptation Island: Meet the 24 Sexy Singles Looking for Love on Season 2," 21 Aug. 2019 Recruiting has stacked the rosters around them, but Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa and Georgia's Jake Fromm are the main reasons this SEC regular season could prove to be just a countdown to the conference title game. — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, "The SEC East has a chance to be tougher than the SEC West, with Alabama, Georgia leading," 31 July 2019 The shot starts with Normani as a young teen in her living room, watching BET’s countdown show 106 & Park. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, "Normani Honors Some 2000s Pop Icons Including Beyoncé with Her New Music Video — Watch," 16 Aug. 2019 By The Numbers Where Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen ranks among NHL wingers in the NHL Network’s countdown series. — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, "Can the Broncos make the playoffs this year? One report says yes.," 13 Aug. 2019 As the day progressed, the students participated in activities, such as shaking out their energy and the loud-to-quiet countdown, before ending the day with a skit. — Emma Ruby, Dallas News, "Frisco teen’s summer program brings arts education to Collin County middle schoolers," 1 Aug. 2019 World Games officials announced Vulcan’s new assignment at a two-year countdown event at Vulcan Park and Museum Wednesday afternoon. — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, "Vulcan to be 2021 Birmingham World Games mascot," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'countdown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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countdown
noun
English Language Learners Definition of countdown
: the act of counting down the number of seconds that remain before something (such as the launch of a rocket) happens
: the period of time before an important or special event
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countdown
noun
count·down
| \ ˈkau̇nt-ˌdau̇n
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Kids Definition of countdown
: the process of subtracting the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)
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