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timeshifting

timeshifting is the alternative form of time shifting.

timeshifting is the present participle and gerund of timeshift.

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.

Meaning of timeshift

Verb

timeshift (third-person singular simple present timeshifts, present participle timeshifting, simple past and past participle timeshifted)

  1. (transitive) To retransmit the programmes of a TV channel at a different time of day.

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Questions about timeshifting

What is timeshifting the alternative form of?
Timeshifting is the alternative form of time shifting.

Words near timeshifting in the dictionary

  1. timesheets
  2. timeshift
  3. timeshift channel
  4. timeshift channels
  5. timeshifted
  6. timeshifting
  7. timeshifts
  8. timeship
  9. timeships
  10. Timesian
  11. timesing

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