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Alternative form of around-the-clock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative form of round the clock (“darts game”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Topics: duration, time
Examples
- They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
without stopping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she worked around the clock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for 24 hours, round the clock
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
على مدار اليوم
— all the time
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Azerbaijani:
bütün sutka
— all the time
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Azerbaijani:
günün iyirmi dörd saatı
— all the time
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Chinese Mandarin:
夜以繼日 /夜以继日
(yèyǐjìrì)
— all the time
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Chinese Mandarin:
晝夜 /昼夜
(zhòu-yè)
— all the time
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Cornish:
a-dro dhe’n klock
— all the time
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Finnish:
kellon ympäri
— all the time
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Finnish:
tehdä pyöreitä päiviä
— all the time
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French:
en permanence
— all the time
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French:
tout le temps
— all the time
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French:
tous les jours que Dieu fait
— all the time
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French:
vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre
— all the time
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German:
rund um die Uhr
— all the time
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Hebrew:
מסביב לשעון
— all the time
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Hungarian:
szakadatlanul
— all the time
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Italian:
ventiquattrore
— all the time
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Italian:
ininterrottamente
— all the time
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Italian:
di continuo
— all the time
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Italian:
giorno e notte
— all the time
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Japanese:
四六時中
(shirokujichū)
— all the time
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Norwegian Bokmål:
døgnet rundt
— all the time
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
døgnet rundt
— all the time
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
døgeret rundt
— all the time
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Polish:
non stop
— all the time
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Polish:
przez całą dobę
— all the time
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Polish:
na okrągło
— all the time
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Portuguese:
o tempo inteiro
— all the time
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Portuguese:
a todo instante
— all the time
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Portuguese:
sem parar
— all the time
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Russian:
кру́глые су́тки
(krúglyje sútki)
— all the time
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Russian:
круглосу́точно
(kruglosútočno)
— all the time
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Russian:
два́дцать четы́ре часа́ в су́тки
(dvádcatʹ četýre časá v sútki)
— all the time
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Slovak:
nepretržite
— all the time
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Spanish:
noche y día
— all the time
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Spanish:
día y noche
— all the time
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Spanish:
sin descanso
— all the time
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Swedish:
dygnet runt
— all the time