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time-shifting

time-shifting is the alternative form of time shifting.

time-shifting is the simple past and past participle of time-shift.

Meaning of time shifting

Noun

time shifting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.
  2. The practice of network affiliates from different time zones of making television programs available at multiple times during the day.
  3. The correction of the times in a subtitle file.

Questions about time-shifting

What is time-shifting the alternative form of?
Time-shifting is the alternative form of time shifting.

Words near time-shifting in the dictionary

  1. time-sharing
  2. time-sheet
  3. time-sheets
  4. time-shift
  5. time-shifted
  6. time-shifting
  7. time-shifts
  8. time-signal
  9. time-signals
  10. time-signature
  11. time-signatures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: time-shifting (page history and authors); time shifting (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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