timing
English
Pronunciation
Noun
timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings)Category:English lemmas#TIMINGCategory:English nouns#TIMINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#TIMINGCategory:English countable nouns#TIMINGCategory:English countable nouns#TIMINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TIMING, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#TIMING) An occurrence or event.
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TIMING, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#TIMING) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#TIMING
- The officials used the latest technology to ensure timing down to the nearest millisecond.Category:English terms with usage examples#TIMING
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#TIMING
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#TIMING
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TIMING, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#TIMING) The time when something happens.
- perfect timingCategory:English terms with usage examples#TIMING
- The timing of the announcement is related to this months's board meeting.Category:English terms with usage examples#TIMING
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#TIMING) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TIMING) An instance of recording the time of something.
Derived terms
- active timing
- attack timing
- back-timing
- basic ignition timing
- basic timing
- color timing
- comic timing
- computer-controlled timing
- continuous variable valve timing
- dynamic ignition timing
- ignition timing
- market timing
- sequential valve timing
- signal timing
- stress timing
- syllable timing
- targa timing
- target timing
- timing belt
- timing chain
- timing is everything
- valve timing
- variable cam timing
- variable valve timing
- watch timing machine
Descendants
Translations
Verb
timingCategory:English non-lemma forms#TIMINGCategory:English verb forms#TIMINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- present participle and gerund of time
Anagrams
Category:en:Time#TIMINGCebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧ming
Noun
timingCategory:Cebuano lemmas#TIMINCategory:Cebuano nouns#TIMINCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#TIMINCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
Anagrams
Category:ceb:Fishing#TIMINChinese
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taai1 ming4 / taai1 ming2
- Yale: tāai mìhng / tāai míng
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai1 ming4 / taai1 ming2
- Guangdong Romanization: tai1 ming4 / tai1 ming2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/, /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
timingCategory:Chinese lemmas#TIMINGCategory:Chinese nouns#TIMINGCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#TIMING) timing (the time when something happens)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯.mɪŋ/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#TIMING
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#TIMINGAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ti‧ming
Noun
timing m (plural timings, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#TIMINGCategory:Dutch nouns#TIMINGCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#TIMINGCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:French terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Noun
timing m (plural timings)Category:French lemmas#TIMINGCategory:French nouns#TIMINGCategory:French countable nouns#TIMINGCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:French masculine nouns#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
Further reading
- “timing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Pronunciation
Noun
timing m (uncountable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese nouns#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese uncountable nouns#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- timing (time when something happens)
Further reading
- “timing”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “timing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Noun
timing n (plural timinguri)Category:Romanian lemmas#TIMINGCategory:Romanian nouns#TIMINGCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#TIMINGCategory:Romanian countable nouns#TIMINGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#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 EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#TIMINGCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#TIMINGCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#TIMING timing.
Pronunciation
Noun
timing m (uncountable)Category:Spanish lemmas#TIMINGCategory:Spanish nouns#TIMINGCategory:Spanish uncountable nouns#TIMINGCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#TIMINGCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#TIMINGCategory:Pages with entries#TIMINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#TIMING
- 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.