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playtimes

playtimes is the plural of playtime.

Meaning of playtime

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.

Questions about playtimes

What is playtimes the plural of?
Playtimes is the plural of playtime.

Words near playtimes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playtimes (page history and authors); playtime (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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