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on time en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Punctual or according to schedule; at the planned time.
    • Unless our train's not on time, we'll be home at three.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most on time Degree=Sup lexicographic
on-time alternative lexicographic
more on time Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

early · late

Translations (10)

fr à temps (punctual or according to schedule) · es a tiempo (punctual or according to schedule) · ru своевременный (punctual or according to schedule) · hu pontos (punctual or according to schedule) · es a punto (punctual or according to schedule) · eo akurata (punctual or according to schedule) · ja 時間通り (punctual or according to schedule) · pl na czas (punctual or according to schedule) · es a buen punto (punctual or according to schedule) · de rechtzeitig (punctual or according to schedule)

on time en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Punctually or according to the schedule.
    • My train arrives on time - an eight-car Class 387. A handful of passengers alight, but not too many board - certainly not enough to warrant eight cars. 2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
    • The train arrived on time for the first time this week.
    • A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough. 1993, Richard Barry, “Budgeting”, in The Management of International Oil Operations, Tulsa, Ok.: PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 331:
  2. (not-comparable) By installments, payments over a period of time.
    • They bought their dining-room furniture on time.
  3. (not-comparable) By a player's running out of time.
    • Smith beat Jones on time.

Relateds

on one's own time

Synonyms

in time

Translations (46)

it in orario (punctually) · sh pravovremeno (punctually) · hu időben (punctually) · ar عَلَى الْمَوْعَدِ (punctually) · nl op tijd (punctually) · eo akurate (punctually) · pt a tempo e horas (punctually) · ba ваҡытында (punctually) · vls antydn (punctually) · fi ajalla (by running out of time) · de rechtzeitig (punctually) · fi ajallaan (punctually) · cy ar amser (punctually) · gl á hora (punctually) · pl na czas (by running out of time) · cmn 按時 /按时 (punctually) · mk навре́мено (punctually) · de nach und nach (by installments) · fi ajassa (punctually) · nl stipt (punctually) · tr zamanında (punctually) · yi בײַ צײַטנס (punctually) · ca a l'hora (punctually) · el ακριβής (punctually) · ru во́время (punctually) · la temporī (punctually) · sl pravočasno (punctually) · es a tiempo (punctually) · pl na czas (punctually) · sv på tid (by running out of time) · pl o czasie (punctually) · fr à l'heure (punctually) · bg навреме (punctually) · pl punktualnie (punctually) · sh na vrijeme (punctually) · sv i tid (punctually) · ro la timp (punctually) · ja 時間通りに (punctually) · mt fil-ħin (punctually) · de pünktlich (punctually) · tr vaktinde (punctually) · fi vähittäismaksulla (by installments) · uk вча́сно (punctually) · cmn 準時 /准时 (punctually) · la tempore (punctually) · fr à temps (punctually)