time-out
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English
Alternative forms
- timeout (especially US)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
- (sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
- We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
- (childish) A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
- 2001 January 3, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- As punishment, my mom gave me a 15-minute time-out.
- I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.
- Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!
- (communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
Translations
in sports
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break from a heated or stressful situation
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intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit
Swedish
Alternative forms
Noun
time-out c
- a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)
- begära timeout
- call timeout
- ta timeout
- take a timeout
Declension
| Declension of time-out | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | time-out | time-outen | time-outer | time-outerna |
| Genitive | time-outs | time-outens | time-outers | time-outernas |