facetime
facetime is the alternative form of face time.
facetime is the alternative letter-case form of FaceTime.
Meaning of face time
Noun
face time (uncountable)
- Time spent in visual communication with another party (as opposed to communication over the phone, via e-mail, instant messaging, etc.).
- page 128: T_F = Face time in minutes = 480 — lunch — travel in time — travel out time
- page 131: Likewise, a critical I.E. analysis of travel time can show quickly whether or not there is any potential for increased face time from improved […]1979, Proceedings of the Illinois Mining Institute, volume 87
- Time spent visibly at one's workplace to satisfy expectations about one's working hours, even if this is unneeded or unproductive.
- The time during which the presenter's head is shown on screen.
Proper noun capitalized: FaceTime
FaceTime
- A videotelephony software developed by Apple Inc., introduced in 2010.
- Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022
Verb capitalized: FaceTime
FaceTime (third-person singular simple present FaceTimes, present participle FaceTiming or FaceTime-ing or FaceTime'ing, simple past and past participle FaceTimed or FaceTime'd or FaceTime'ed)
- To communicate with somebody using the FaceTime videotelephony software.
- I gritted through a smile, grateful we weren’t Skyping or FaceTime-ing or any other electronic face messaging that was available. It was bad enough he had to hear me stumble through our phone call. I didn’t need him to see my embarrassment as well.2014, Jean Hovey, Stephanie Jones, Tidings of Love: 7 Holiday Romance Novellas, Crimson Romance, →ISBN
- Our children are FaceTime’ing their way through Roblox playdates, they’re texting grandma and grandpa, they’re watching YouTube instead of TV, and they’re begging for too-adult apps like Snapchat – so they can play with the face filters – and Musical.ly, which has a lot of inappropriate content.2018 April 27, Sarah Perez, “Facebook’s Messenger Kids’ app gains a ‘sleep mode’”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021
- To communicate with somebody using any form of video telephony software.
Forms of facetime
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | facetimes |
| present participle | facetiming |
| past participle | facetimed |
| past | facetimed |
| third-person singular present | FaceTimes |
| present participle | FaceTiming |
| present participle | FaceTime-ing |
| present participle | FaceTime'ing |
| past participle | FaceTimed |
| past | FaceTimed |
| past participle | FaceTime'd |
| past | FaceTime'd |
| past participle | FaceTime'ed |
| past | FaceTime'ed |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | facetime |
Origin of facetime
Compare face time (“the amount of time spent in visual communication with another party”).
Questions about facetime
- What does facetime mean?
- Facetime means a videotelephony software developed by Apple Inc., introduced in 2010.
- What is facetime the alternative form of?
- Facetime is the alternative form of face time.
- What part of speech is facetime?
- Facetime can be a proper noun or a verb.
Words near facetime in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: facetime (page history and authors); FaceTime (page history and authors); face time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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