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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

clock on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, literally) To record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
  2. (UK, broadly) To begin work at the start of the day or start of one's shift.
  3. (informal, intransitive) To grow older; to proceed.
    • His birthday was another reminder of his life clocking on.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clocking on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clocks on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
clocked on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clocked on Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

clock off · clock onto · clock in · clock out