Meaning

5 senses

  1. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.

    a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

  2. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.

    a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees

  3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

    Zeitnehmer, Zeitnehmerin

    (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

  4. The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.

  5. (usually)A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. We need a timekeeper.

    deWir brauchen einen Zeitnehmer. — Tickler

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event:

Origin

From time + keeper.

From time + keeper.

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Forms

plural: timekeepers

Synonyms

5 synonyms
clockA1watchA1timepiecetimer
Close in meaning
  • (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed:timer
  • a measuring instrument or device for keeping time:timepiecehorologe

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtimekeeping

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
timbretimeA1timelessB2timeline

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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