timing

See also: Timing and tímíng

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ

Noun

timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings)

  1. (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
    The key to telling a good joke is timing.
    The officials used the latest technology to ensure timing down to the nearest millisecond.
    • 1953 August, David R. Webb, “By Rail to Bournemouth”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:
      The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R.
    • 2001, Frederick Alan Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, Or Die Unsung, page 171:
      Smoking was difficult, I had to have perfect timing, sticking my head as far out the tiny porthole as I could, and timing my puffs to the inhalings and exhalings of the ship.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
    perfect timing
    The timing of the announcement is related to this months's board meeting.
  4. (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  5. (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cantonese: timing
  • → Danish: timing
  • → Dutch: timing
  • → French: timing
  • → Japanese: タイミング (taimingu)
  • → Portuguese: timing
  • → Spanish: timing

Translations

Verb

timing

  1. present participle and gerund of time

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing

  1. a type of fish trap

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English timing.

Pronunciation

Noun

timing

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) timing (the time when something happens)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English timing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯.mɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing m (plural timings, no diminutive)

  1. timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time)

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from English timing.

    Noun

    timing m (plural timings)

    1. synchronization
    2. pace
    3. timing

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English timing.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtaj.mĩ/ [ˈtaɪ̯.mĩ]

      Noun

      timing m (uncountable)

      1. timing (time when something happens)

      Further reading

      Romanian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English timing.

        Noun

        timing n (plural timinguri)

        1. timing

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative timing timingul timinguri timingurile
        genitive-dative timing timingului timinguri timingurilor
        vocative timingule timingurilor

        Spanish

        Etymology

          Unadapted borrowing from English timing.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtaimin/ [ˈt̪ai̯.mĩn]
          • Rhymes: -aimin

          Noun

          timing m (uncountable)

          1. timing (time when something happens)

          Usage notes

          • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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