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Definition 2024
time_out
time out
English
Interjection
- (sports) To call for a time-out.
- (idiomatic) To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of time-out
Verb
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
- (intransitive, communication) of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit
- The download timed out because your Internet connection was disrupted.
Translations
to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit
of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit