Dictionary

time-out en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtaɪm ˈaʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From time + out.

Meanings

1. A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
   • We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
2. (childish) A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
   • As punishment, my mom gave me a 15-minute time-out. 2001 January 3, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
   • Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!
   • I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.
3. (informal) A perhaps temporary break in a relationship.
4. The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Forms

Translations (51)

es tiempo fuera (in sports) · ru блокиро́вка по вре́мени (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · ru тайм-а́ут (break from a heated or stressful situation) · fi aikakatkaisu (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · de Auszeit (in sports) · ca téntol (in sports) · sv vilopaus (break from a heated or stressful situation) · sv time-out (in sports) · es tiempo muerto (in sports) · de Timeout (in sports) · es taima (break from a heated or stressful situation) · ru переку́р (break from a heated or stressful situation) · fr time out (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · pl przerwa (in sports) · ka ტაიმაუტი (in sports) · fr temps mort (in sports) · mk тајмаут (in sports) · ru тайм-а́ут (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · ar وَقْت مُسْتَقْطَع (in sports) · ja タイムアウト (break from a heated or stressful situation) · mi wā hiki (in sports) · es taime (break from a heated or stressful situation) · ru переры́в (break from a heated or stressful situation) · sv timeout (in sports) · bg прекъсване (in sports) · cmn 暫停 /暂停 (in sports) · uk тайм-а́ут (in sports) · ru лими́т вре́мени (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · ca temps mort (in sports) · fr arrêt de jeu (in sports) · ja タイムアウト (in sports) · fi aikalisä (in sports) · es chepi m chepa (break from a heated or stressful situation) · ja タイムアウト (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · de Timeout (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit) · pt tempo (break from a heated or stressful situation) · de Auszeit (break from a heated or stressful situation) · ko 타임아웃 (in sports) · sv time-out (break from a heated or stressful situation) · sv timeout (break from a heated or stressful situation) · fi aikalisä (break from a heated or stressful situation) · ka მოკლე შესვენება (in sports) · ru переды́шка (break from a heated or stressful situation) · bg почивка (in sports) · is leikhlé (in sports) · tr mola (in sports) · ru тайм-а́ут (in sports) · pt intervalo (in sports) · mi wā hiki (break from a heated or stressful situation) · be тайм-а́ўт (in sports) · sv tidsgräns (intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit)