time-out

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/

Noun

time-out (plural time-outs)

1. (sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.

   We're being beaten! We need a time-out!

2. A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.

   I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.

   Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!

3. (communication) The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Translations

• French: arrêt de jeu, temps mort
• German: Auszeit, Timeout
• Portuguese: intervalo
• Russian: тайм-а́ут
• Spanish: tiempo muerto, tiempo fuera

Translations

• German: Auszeit
• Portuguese: tempo
• Russian: переры́в

Translations

• French: time out
• German: Timeout
• Russian: тайм-а́ут

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