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To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in a short period of time.
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The time of day by which one must check out of a hotel, campground, hospital, parking garage, etc.
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(transitive) To measure the duration of.
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To tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
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(idiomatic) To be measured at.
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(literally, UK) To record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
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(transitive, figuratively, Britain) To cover (a distance) over time.
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(transport) A service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.
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continually looking at the time to see how much longer one has to work or study
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Alternative form of clock-watching [continually looking at the time to see how much longer one has to work or study]
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(science fiction) A time machine that can only allow travel to the future, but cannot also allow travel to the past.
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(literally, dated) To tell someone the time of day by looking at one's wristwatch, etc.
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(e.g. of a train) To maintain a schedule set out in a timetable.
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A short marker (a pip in audio or an asterisk in data) that signals a precise instant in time
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A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
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To know what time it is by observing a very punctual and reliable person going about their regular routine.
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An exercise test used to determine a subject's cardiovascular fitness.
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(of a clock or other timer) To count the time down to zero.
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The sound of a ticking clock.
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(writing) A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.
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(by extension) any mark showing the limit of some past activity
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A device that records, on timecards, the times when employees begin and finish work.
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The management of time in order to make the most of it.
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The time when an airplane, etc, is scheduled to arrive.
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Alternative form of timekeeper [A device that shows the time; a timepiece.]
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A card, stamped by a time clock, that records the times when an employee starts and stops work
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Alternative form of time clock [A device that records, on timecards, the times when employees begin and finish work.]
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To keep track of and/or enforce any restrictions on the time; keep time.
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A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
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Alternative form of time lock [A lock, typically on a door in a bank vault, that cannot be unlocked before a specified time.]
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(fandom slang) An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.
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(science fiction) A phenomenon that causes unexpected time travel.
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(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.
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