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noun
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of timekeep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act or process of determining the time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: anachronism, mistiming, misdating
History
From time + keeping.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
