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time trial

time trial noun: an unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.

Noun

time trial (plural time trials)

  1. An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
    Synonyms:
    race of truth, TT
  2. (broadly) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
  3. A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels, or in some cases the entire game, as quickly as possible.
    Synonyms:
    time attack

Synonyms of time trial

Forms of time trial

pluraltime trials

Words formed from time trial

Questions about time trial

What does time trial mean?
Time trial means an unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
What part of speech is time trial?
Time trial is a noun.
What is the plural of time trial?
The plural of time trial is time trials.

Words near time trial in the dictionary

  1. time travel debugging
  2. time traveler
  3. time travelers
  4. time traveller
  5. time travellers
  6. time trial
  7. time trial bicycle
  8. time trial bicycles
  9. time trialist
  10. time trialists
  11. time triallist

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