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Definitions for timing
ˈtaɪ mɪŋtim·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. timingnoun

    the time when something happens

  2. timingnoun

    the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

Wiktionary

  1. timingnoun

    An occurrence or event.

  2. timingnoun

    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.

  3. timingnoun

    The time when something happens.

  4. timingnoun

    The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

  5. timingnoun

    An instance of recording the time of something.

ChatGPT

  1. timing

    Timing refers to the selection, judgment, or control of when something should happen. It concerns the duration of actions and processes, and the intervals between them. This can be applied in various fields such as sports, music, business, and communication where precise coordination and synchronization are needed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Timing

    of Time

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. timing

    In fencing, is the accurate and critical throwing in of a cut or thrust upon any opening that may occur as your adversary changes his position.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'timing' in Nouns Frequency: #1980

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of timing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of timing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of timing in a Sentence

  1. Jorge Chavarro:

    The biggest limitation of our data, by far, is the fact that we did not have access to labor and delivery records of our study participants and therefore we do not know what the exact indication for cesarean was, nor the timing of cesarean delivery in relation to onset of labor which could have clarified some important questions.

  2. Tim Kaine:

    I've got 51 declared votes on version two, on the motion to discharge, and passage. So I've got a version on which I have 51 votes, but the timing on version two is different than version one.

  3. Clem Miller:

    The timing and duration of bond purchases is just as important as the actual amount, if not more important, there are also a lot of questions about asset distribution, since the market is expecting a lot of government bond purchases, and it would be disappointed if it was more slanted to corporate bonds.

  4. Jehmu Greene:

    Unlike many of President Trump's supporters, Black voters do not usually vote against their own economic interest, but in a climate where the professional peddlers of disinformation continue to successfully target Black voters, Democrats will need to drastically step up their engagement efforts far beyond their usual one-dimensional playbook. The Biden Administration appears to have a clear understanding of the challenge at hand with Black voters, given the timing of his full and unconditional pardon of all prior federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana — a move that will greatly benefit the Black and brown communities that have been disproportionately arrested for marijuana possession.

  5. Bob Corker:

    I mean, they need to do a little better job on the front end. But they know that, they know that, they were scrambling around and they did the best they could, and they had multiple people contacting folks. They made an extreme effort, but they know that with the timing of this it would be a little bit better if, you know, there was a little more time and a little more interaction.

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