Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: count-back
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance

Example Sentences

"Vettel is classified as the leader on results countback."
"Davis finished second yesterday after recovering from a fall to retain the leader's ochre jersey on a countback."

Etymology

From count + back.

Inflected Forms

countbacks (plural)

Questions

What does countback mean?: A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance
Where does countback come from?: From count + back.

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