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airtime

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 R T AY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Can you get me some airtime for my latest single?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The duration spent talking during a conversation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The period of freefall after jumping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From air + time.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lugtyd — duration of transmission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣播時間 /广播时间 (guǎngbō shíjiān) — duration of transmission
  • Czech: vysílací čas — duration of transmission
  • Czech: prostor ve vysílání — duration of transmission
  • Danish: sendetid — duration of transmission
  • Dutch: zendtijd — duration of transmission
  • Finnish: lähetysaika — duration of transmission
  • French: temps d'antenne — duration of transmission
  • German: Sendezeit — duration of transmission
  • Hindi: एयरटाइम (eyarṭāim) — duration of transmission
  • Korean: 방송 (bangsong) — duration of transmission
  • Latvian: ētera laika — duration of transmission
  • Macedonian: емитување (emituvanje) — duration of transmission
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sendetid — duration of transmission
  • Polish: czas antenowy — duration of transmission
  • Portuguese: tempo de transmissão — duration of transmission
  • Romanian: timpi de antenă — duration of transmission
  • Russian: эфи́рное вре́мя (efírnoje vrémja) — duration of transmission
  • Serbo-Croatian: време емитовања — duration of transmission
  • Spanish: tiempo en antena — duration of transmission
  • Swedish: sändningstid — duration of transmission
  • Ukrainian: ефірний час (efirnyj čas) — duration of transmission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通話時間 /通话时间 (tōnghuà shíjiān) — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
  • Finnish: puheaika — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
  • Spanish: tiempo aire — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
  • Spanish: tiempo facturable — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
  • Swahili: muda wa maongezi — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
  • Swedish: användningstid — chargeable use of mobile phone usage
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