time-out

See also: timeout, Timeout, and time out

English

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Etymology

time +‎ out

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/
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Noun

time-out (plural time-outs)

  1. (sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
    We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
  2. (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!
  3. (communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Translations

Swedish

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Noun

time-out c

  1. a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)
    begära timeout
    call timeout
    ta timeout
    take a timeout

Declension
Declension of time-out 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative time-out time-outen time-outer time-outerna
Genitive time-outs time-outens time-outers time-outernas

References
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