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time shifting

time shifting noun: the practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.

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 does time shifting mean?
Time shifting means the practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.
What part of speech is time shifting?
Time shifting is a noun.

Words near time shifting in the dictionary

  1. time served
  2. time service
  3. time services
  4. time sheet
  5. time sheets
  6. time shifting
  7. time shutter
  8. time shutters
  9. time sight
  10. time sights
  11. time signal

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