ETA
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈiːtiːˈeɪ/
:
hora estimada de llegada
- The pilot announced that our ETA at the airport is 9:30 AM.
I get my ETA and now I'm thinking, I'm not, I'm not saying this, but I'm thinking I don't know what I'm going to do when I get there.
- I get my ETA and now I'm thinking, I'm not, I'm not saying this, but I'm thinking I don't know what I'm going to do when I get there.
Examples
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Gentlemen, what's our ETA?
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Advise Joy 20 minutes ETA at the airport.
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Got an ETA of two minutes for you.
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Did you get an ETA on the ambulance?
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What's the ETA on that ambulance?
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There is no indication of progress, no ETA, no indication that anything is being done.
Blog text (17) -
Give them our ETA and tell them we want Captain Gould there in person.
Fiction book (1990) -
What's the ETA on those Langley birds?
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ETA: two minutes.
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That's a six-minute ETA.
Synonyms
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1.6
Expected time when a vehicle or person arrives at a place
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1.5
A scheduled time when a vehicle like a plane or train arrives at a place
The time something arrives on a timetable or schedule
Surface Forms
Etymology
ETA comes from the phrase Estimated Time of Arrival. 'Estimated' is a careful guess and 'arrival' means 'coming to a place', so an ETA is the time you expect someone or something to arrive.