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countdown::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally |
| Derivation | count down |
Examples of countdown
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Squatting resolutely at No 1 on the countdown of required gifts is the Xbox 360.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The six-man crew will arrive Tuesday, shortly before the start of the countdown.
From the sacbee.com
Countdown to Zero was made in between shooting and editing Waste Land, she says.
From the guardian.co.uk
If you can organise it in time try and get the crowd to shout out the countdown.
From the guardian.co.uk
Last-minute shoppers crowd Houston stores as the Christmas countdown winds down.
From the chron.com
Afterward, the Martini Tree Bar will have music and a countdown to the New Year.
From the kentucky.com
He's watching the clock and will bellow out the countdown every once-in-a-while.
From the ocregister.com
Increasingly democratic Myanmar will have a public countdown for the first time.
From the stltoday.com
The countdown has begun, with the best Asian, Italian and Cheap Eats determined.
From the newsday.com
- Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
- Countdown is a 1968 film directed by Robert Altman, based on the novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. It stars James Caan and Robert Duvall
- Countdown (also known as Personal Number, Russian: u041Bu0438u0447u043Du044Bu0439 u043Du043Eu043Cu0435u0440) is a Russian action movie directed by Yevgeny Lavrentyev with a $7 million budget, which was huge for Russia of that time, and released in Moscow in December 2004.
- The second season of Alias premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Lewis, Christian Slater, and Danny Trejo. ...
- The Countdown Singers is a name given to Madacy Entertainment's revolving group of studio musicians, used since 1994. They perform sound-alike cover versions of well-known songs. Their albums have mostly been panned by critics. They have released over 80 albums.
- Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. ...
- A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the remaining time before an event occurs.
- Countdown was the title story in the British comic of the same name from the early 1970s. It was an original science-fiction story - one of the few in the comic not to be based on a television series.
- Countdown, known as Countdown to Final Crisis for its last 24 issues based on the cover, was a comic book limited series published by DC Comics. It debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of the last issue of 52. ...
