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time travel

time travel noun: travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole. Also the alternative form of time-travel.

Noun

time travel (uncountable)

  1. Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.
  2. The ability to access previous states of a database.

Also used as

time travel is also the alternative form of time-travel.

time travel meaning in Hindi

time travel in Hindi

hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
समय यात्रा samay yātrā, काल यात्रा kāl yātrā

Forms of time travel

Noun
alternative formtime-travel
alternative formtimetravel
Verb
third-person singular presenttime travels
present participle UStime traveling
present participle UKtime travelling
past participle UStime traveled
past UStime traveled
past participle UKtime travelled
past UKtime travelled

Origin of time travel

time + travel

Words formed from time travel

Questions about time travel

What does time travel mean?
Time travel means travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.
What is time travel in Hindi?
Time travel in Hindi is समय यात्रा (samay yātrā), काल यात्रा (kāl yātrā). See Time travel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is time travel?
Time travel is a noun.

Words near time travel in the dictionary

  1. time trades
  2. time train
  3. time trains
  4. time transfer
  5. time transfers
  6. time travel
  7. time travel debugging
  8. time traveler
  9. time travelers
  10. time traveller
  11. time travellers

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