time-out

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time-out

or time·out (tīm′out′)

1. Sports A brief cessation of play at the request of a sports team or an official for rest, consultation, or making substitutions.

2. A short break from work or play.

a. A corrective measure or punishment for young children in which they are separated from others for a brief period.

b. The place, especially a chair, used for such a measure or punishment.

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time-out

1. (General Sporting Terms) sport an interruption in play during which players rest, discuss tactics, or make substitutions

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a break taken during working hours

3. (Computer Science) computing a condition occurring when the amount of time a computer has been instructed to wait for another device to perform a task has expired, usually indicated by an error message

(Computer Science) (intr) (of a computer) to stop operating because of a time-out

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time′-out′

or time′out′,

n., pl. -outs.

1. a brief suspension of activity; break.

2. an interruption of play in a sports contest.

[1870–75]

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Noun

time-out - a brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left"

athletic game - a game involving athletic activity

pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

time-out

noun

A pause or interval, as from work or duty:

break, intermission, recess, respite, rest.

Informal: breather.

Translations

time-out

n (US)

(Ftbl, Basketball) → Auszeit f

(= break) to take time-out → Pause machen

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