timing

English Online Dictionary. What means timing‎? What does timing mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/
• 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.

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

Translations

Verb

timing

1. present participle and gerund of time

Anagrams

• miting

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing

1. a type of fish trap

Anagrams

• miting

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/
• Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing m (plural timings)

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

Related terms

• timen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English timing.

Noun

timing m (plural timings)

1. synchronization
2. pace
3. timing

Further reading

• “timing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English timing.

Pronunciation

Noun

timing m (uncountable)

1. timing (time when something happens)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English timing.

Noun

timing n (plural timinguri)

1. timing

Declension

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.