Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.

    the act or process of determining the time

  2. The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.

    (uncountable, usually)Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.

  3. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From time + keeping.

From time + keeping.

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Forms

plural: timekeepings

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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