Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Time for play or diversion.

    time for play or diversion

  2. (Australia, UK, countable, uncountable)A time when children can play outside during the school day.

    The school bell rings to mark the end of playtime.

  3. (figuratively, uncountable)A duration of time when one is not as serious or committed as one could be, especially in a conflict of sorts.

    I thought I could go easy on you and win, but I suppose playtime is over.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The duration of a recording.

    The longest track on the album has a playtime of eight minutes.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Ziri put away the bath toys after playtime.

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  2. Don't forget to give the rabbit some playtime and exercise.

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  3. Playtime is over, Dan.

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Origin

From play + time.

From play + time.

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Forms

plural: playtimes
Singularplaytime
Pluralplaytimes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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