counted down
Numbered toward launch
Counted down is the past tense of count down, meaning to recite numbers in descending order toward zero, typically in anticipation of an event: We counted down the seconds until midnight.
The phrase extends to any period of waiting or preparation: She counted down the days until her vacation.
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- ticking clockClock making sound
- stopwatchInterval timing device
- readinessState of being prepared
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
final seconds · subtracting · New Year's · ball drop · synchronization · on your marks · expectation · liftoff · interval · sequence · alertness · scheduling · numbering · preparation · staging · tallying · suspense · holding breath
direction of enumeration
counted downcounted up
Calculated a sum
added up · incremented · totaled · accumulated · summed
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