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time-travel en · NOUN

Etymology

time + travel

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of time travel.
    • Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans. Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones. 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:

Forms

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timetravel alternative lexicographic
time travel alternative lexicographic

time-travel en · VERB

Etymology

time + travel

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To travel through time.
  2. (slang) To sleep.

Forms

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timetravel alternative lexicographic
time-travels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
time-traveled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
time-traveled Tense=Past US lexicographic
time-travelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
time-travelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
time-travelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
time-traveling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
time travel alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

time-traveller