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noun
- 1. time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies: "she is taking time out from her hectic tour"
- 2. a cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring.
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1. : a brief suspension of activity : break. especially : a suspension of play in an athletic game. 2. : a quiet period used especially as a disciplinary measure for children. Synonyms. downtime. layoff. winter. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of time-out in a Sentence.
timeout. exclamation, noun. US uk / ˌtaɪmˈaʊt / us / ˌtaɪmˈaʊt / used to tell people to stop what they are doing, especially when they are having a disagreement: OK, timeout, everyone, let's all quiet down and talk about this calmly.
noun. uk / taɪm / us / taɪm / the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ... See more at time. (Definition of time from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of time out. time out.
time out. In basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls a time out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play.
the severing of an online connection after a period of inactivity, as when a user is logged out of a secure session on a webpage after a fixed period of time.
timeout. noun. /ˈtaɪmaʊt/. /ˈtaɪmaʊt/. [countable, uncountable] a break in play during a sports game, especially one that a coach asks for in order to give new instructions to the team. New coach Steve Kerr called (a) timeout and his team responded.
Definitions of time out. noun. a pause from doing something (as work) “he took time out to recuperate” synonyms: break, recess, respite. see more. Pronunciation. US. /taɪm aʊt/ UK. /taɪm aʊt/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Time out." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/time out. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
