āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
count down
/kËaĘnt dËaĘn/
to count down
[phrase form: count]
01
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to mark the decreasing time or numerical progression leading to a specific event, deadline, or moment of significance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The astronauts began to count down as the rocket prepared for liftoff.
āĻ°āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to await a precisely timed expected event, often with anticipation or excitement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Employees were counting down to the announcement of the company's annual performance bonuses.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
