timing
/ˈtaɪmɪŋ/
timing noun: an occurrence or event. Also the present participle and gerund of time.
Noun
timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings)
- An occurrence or event.
- The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- The key to telling a good joke is timing.
- The officials used the latest technology to ensure timing down to the nearest millisecond.
- The time when something happens.
- perfect timing
- The timing of the announcement is related to this months's board meeting.
- The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- An instance of recording the time of something.
Also used as
timing is also the present participle and gerund of time.
timing meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Gujarati
timing in Hindi
- टाइमिंग
timing in Urdu
- ٹائمنگ
timing in Telugu
- టైమింగ్
timing in Gujarati
- ટાઈમિંગ
More languagesFewer languages
- timing in Arabic
- تَوْقِيت tawqīt
- timing in Persian
- رخداد roxdâd, زمانبندی zamân-bandi, هنگامه hengâme, همگامسازی hamgâmsâzi
Examples of timing in a sentence
- The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R.1953 August, David R. Webb, “By Rail to Bournemouth”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:
- Smoking was difficult, I had to have perfect timing, sticking my head as far out the tiny porthole as I could, and timing my puffs to the inhalings and exhalings of the ship.2001, Frederick Alan Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, Or Die Unsung, page 171:
Forms of timing
| plural | timings |
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Words formed from timing
- active timing
- attack timing
- back-timing
- basic ignition timing
- basic timing
- color timing
- comic timing
- computer-controlled timing
- continuous variable valve timing
- delta timing
- dynamic ignition timing
- ignition timing
- market timing
- microtiming
- sequential valve timing
- signal timing
- stress timing
- syllable timing
- targa timing
- target timing
- timing belt
- timing chain
- timing is everything
- valve timing
- variable cam timing
- variable valve timing
- watch timing machine
Phrases with timing
Words that rhyme with timing
Questions about timing
- What does timing mean?
- Timing means an occurrence or event.
- What is timing in Hindi?
- Timing in Hindi is टाइमिंग. See Timing meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use timing in a sentence?
- The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R.
- What part of speech is timing?
- Timing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce timing?
- Timing is pronounced /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of timing?
- The plural of timing is timings.
Words near timing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: timing (page history and authors); timing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); timing (Gujarati, 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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