timing

About 12.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An occurrence or event.
2. noun 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.

3. noun The time when something happens.

   perfect timing

4. noun The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
5. noun An instance of recording the time of something.
6. verb present participle and gerund of time

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

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