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playtime

/ˈpleɪtaɪm/

playtime noun: time for play or diversion.

Noun

playtime (countable and uncountable, plural playtimes)

  1. Time for play or diversion.
  2. (Australia, UK) A time when children can play outside during the school day.
    • The school bell rings to mark the end of playtime.
    Synonyms:
    recess, breaktime, break
  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. The duration of a recording.
    • The longest track on the album has a playtime of eight minutes.

playtime meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali

playtime in Urdu

پلے ٹائم

playtime in Punjabi

ਪਲੇਅ ਟਾਈਮ

playtime in Nepali

प्लेटाइम

Synonyms of playtime

Forms of playtime

pluralplaytimes

Plural of playtime: playtimes

Origin of playtime

From play + time.

Questions about playtime

What does playtime mean?
Playtime means time for play or diversion.
What is playtime in Urdu?
Playtime in Urdu is پلے ٹائم. See Playtime meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is playtime?
Playtime is a noun.
How do you pronounce playtime?
Playtime is pronounced /ˈpleɪtaɪm/.
What is the plural of playtime?
The plural of playtime is playtimes.

Words near playtime in the dictionary

  1. playthings
  2. playthrough
  3. playthroughs
  4. playthru
  5. playthrus
  6. playtime
  7. playtimes
  8. playtoy
  9. playtoys
  10. playtron
  11. playtrons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playtime (page history and authors); playtime (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playtime (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playtime (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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