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   Time out

   /ˌtīm ˈout/

   

   noun

   • 1. time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies: "she is taking time out from her hectic tour"
   • ▪ a brief break in play in a game or sport: "he inadvertently called for a timeout with two seconds remaining"
   • ▪ an imposed temporary suspension of activities, especially the separation of a misbehaving child from one or more playmates as a disciplinary measure: "it's the third time this week he's been in time-out"
   • 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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › time-outTime-out Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of TIME-OUT is a brief suspension of activity : break; especially : a suspension of play in an athletic game. How to use time-out in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTIMEOUT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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.

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   Timeout definition: a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.. See examples of TIMEOUT used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   Thus, it appears that time out of employment during recessions increases both leisure and home hours. From the Cambridge English Corpus Yet first time out , in shirt sleeves on a frosty night, he'd netted a fugitive.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTIMEOUT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   timeout. exclamation, noun. US us / ˌtaɪmˈaʊt / uk / 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.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTIME OUT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

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   4 days ago · Definitions of time-out. noun. a brief suspension of play. “each team has two time-outs left”. see more.

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    Jun 2, 2024 · time out (third-person singular simple present times out, present participle timing out, simple past and past participle timed out) ( transitive , communication ) To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit .

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    Timeout definition: Any time taken for rest or not counted toward a work record, score, etc.