timeout
Syllables: time·out/ˈtaɪm.aʊt/
timeout noun: the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally. Also the alternative form of time-out.
Noun
timeout (plural timeouts)
- The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
- The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
- My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
Also used as
timeout is also the alternative form of time-out.
timeout meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
timeout in Hindi
- टाइमआउट, समय समाप्ति, समय-समाप्ति
timeout in Urdu
- وقت کی بندش
timeout in Bengali
- টাইমআউট
timeout in Telugu
- టైమ్అవుట్
More languagesFewer languages
- timeout in Malayalam
- ടൈംഔട്ട്
- timeout in Kannada
- ಟೈಮ್ಔಟ್
- timeout in Punjabi
- ਟਾਈਮਆਊਟ, ਸਮਾਂ-ਸਮਾਪਤੀ
- timeout in Gujarati
- સમયસમાપ્તિ, ટાઈમઆઉટ, ટાઇમઆઉટ
- timeout in Odia
- ସମଯ଼ ସମାପ୍ତି, ସମଯ଼ସମାପ୍ତି
- timeout in Nepali
- टाइमआउट, समयसमाप्ति
Forms of timeout
| plural | timeouts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | time out |
Origin of timeout
From time + out.
Words formed from timeout
Questions about timeout
- What does timeout mean?
- Timeout means the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
- What is timeout in Hindi?
- Timeout in Hindi is टाइमआउट, समय समाप्ति, समय-समाप्ति. See Timeout meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is timeout?
- Timeout is a noun.
- How do you pronounce timeout?
- Timeout is pronounced /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/.
- What is the plural of timeout?
- The plural of timeout is timeouts.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: timeout (page history and authors); timeout (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timeout (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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