noun
Meaning 1
A time by which something must be finished.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
time limit
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noun
Meaning 2
A duration beyond which something may not exceed.
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noun
Meaning 3
a time period within which something must be done or completed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: limitation
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ժամկետ (žamket) — time by which something must finish
- Chinese Mandarin: 時限 /时限 (shíxiàn) — time by which something must finish
- Chinese Mandarin: 限期 (xiànqī) — time by which something must finish
- Estonian: tähtaeg — time by which something must finish
- Finnish: määräaika — time by which something must finish
- French: limite de temps — time by which something must finish
- French: délai — time by which something must finish
- German: Zeitlimit — time by which something must finish
- Polish: termin — time by which something must finish
- Portuguese: prazo — time by which something must finish
- Romanian: termen — time by which something must finish
- Romanian: limită de timp — time by which something must finish
- Romanian: timp limită — time by which something must finish
- Spanish: plazo — time by which something must finish
- Spanish: tiempo límite — time by which something must finish
- Spanish: límite temporal — time by which something must finish
- Tagalog: taning — time by which something must finish
- Ottoman Turkish: وعده (vaʾde) — time by which something must finish
- Estonian: ajapiirang — maximum duration
- Finnish: aikarajoitus — maximum duration
- Finnish: aikaraja — maximum duration
- German: Frist — maximum duration
- Polish: czas — maximum duration