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Time out
01
a brief pause or interruption in an activity
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
time outs
Examples
The coach called a time out during the game.
to time out
01
(computing) to automatically cancel an operation or shut down after a set period of inactivity
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
time
Present tense
time out
3rd person singular
times out
Present participle
timing out
Past simple
timed out
Past participle
timed out
Examples
The session will time out after 10 minutes of inactivity.
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