game time
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- noun
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tiempo de juego
- Almost exactly five minutes of game time later, LSU would launch a nine-play, 64-yard drive that would end with the winning touchdown.
- minutes before game time
- hour before game time
- just before game time
Examples
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There was lots of speculation about why the field wasn't covered until just before game time.
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The game time for that one will be 1:10 Eastern Time.
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We're an hour from game time, so I brought your uniform.
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Utah went 54 yards on 13 plays and ate up more than six minutes of game time.
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On the eve of the match, five of the Montreal players come down with the flu and only hours before game time, the game is called off.
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Clemson-Virginia Tech game time set; USC-Florida have to wait.
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Here, at the Wynn in Vegas, it's about an hour until the Oregon-ASU game time, and I find this game to be a fascinating one to try to handicap.
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By taking the timeout before the two-minute warning, Tomlin traded an extra four to five seconds of game time for the ability to induce a run from the Ravens on third down.
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The players need to warm up properly before game time to ensure they are fully prepared.
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As the clock counted down to game time, the excitement in the stadium grew.
Synonyms
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Time shown by a clock or watch, not how you feel it
A set time in a game or match when the action continues
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the time associated with a game' is directly compositional from 'game' (a sports contest) and 'time' (measured duration), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it. This noun–noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern for indicating a domain-specific time, making it immediately understandable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Game time comes from the clock used in sports. That clock shows how much time has passed or is left in play, so the phrase now means 'the amount of time shown or left during a game'.