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airtime en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From air + time.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.
    • Can you get me some airtime for my latest single?
  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The duration spent talking during a conversation.
    • Let them know you’re looking to create a loosely held balance of air time and want to hear from everyone. 2017 May 17, “Critical to your team's culture: Equal air time”, in SmartBrief, retrieved 15 Sep 2021:
    • And all sorts of people who have traditionally been excluded are now being let in and given a voice, and they're pushing you out and reducing your airtime, and threatening your privilege, […] 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 109:
  3. (countable, uncountable) The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The period of freefall after jumping.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness.

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Relateds

airspace

Translations (28)

de Sendezeit (duration of transmission) · uk ефірний час (duration of transmission) · es tiempo en antena (duration of transmission) · fr temps d'antenne (duration of transmission) · pl czas antenowy (duration of transmission) · cs vysílací čas (duration of transmission) · af lugtyd (duration of transmission) · cmn 廣播時間 /广播时间 (duration of transmission) · sv användningstid (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · lv ētera laika (duration of transmission) · hi एयरटाइम (duration of transmission) · ru эфи́рное вре́мя (duration of transmission) · nl zendtijd (duration of transmission) · sh време емитовања (duration of transmission) · pt tempo de transmissão (duration of transmission) · fi lähetysaika (duration of transmission) · cs prostor ve vysílání (duration of transmission) · da sendetid (duration of transmission) · fi puheaika (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · sw muda wa maongezi (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · nn sendetid (duration of transmission) · es tiempo aire (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · es tiempo facturable (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · sv sändningstid (duration of transmission) · ro timpi de antenă (duration of transmission) · mk емитување (duration of transmission) · cmn 通話時間 /通话时间 (chargeable use of mobile phone usage) · ko 방송 (duration of transmission)