pastime
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- noun
- /ˈpæstaɪm/
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pasatiempo
- Gardening is a relaxing pastime that many people enjoy.
- a favorite pastime
- the national pastime
- hobbies and pastimes
You know, that's kind of the national pastime of my hometown.
- You know, that's kind of the national pastime of my hometown.
- I'm just wondering what your unexpected pastime or hobby or passion is.
- He says that he illustrates the consequences these intellectual pastimes may have in a person's life.
- Smart Ploy tug at our heartstrings by making us nostalgic for the bygone pastime of traveling anywhere.
- What I mean, what I call redneck hobbies, redneck pastimes.
- And you may say, well, that's a good pastime.
- Come and shame on them for engaging in an arrogant elitist pastime.
- She went on to say that talking was the Great Depression pastime.
- But I think resistance training has long been sort of thought to be this pastime of Bros.
- Philosophy for real ends, for final causes, as Aristotle would have put it, for something lying ahead, and not as an idle pastime, as an end in itself.
- So to me is the arts and writing, you know, or acting or the movies or all of that are not just, you know, a pastime or hobby.
- But the picture that got him famous shows his favorite pastime activity, looting.
- Today we are doing a Dubai pastime, which is a brunch.
- It's a fine pastime, but you know, it's a or boating.
Examples
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This is one of my favorite pastimes, watering the plants.
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Miners were also often apprehended and fined for gambling, a popular pastime in the camps.
Academic text (1996) -
This is our national pastime.
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We're just doing our favorite pastime watching TikTok.
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Yeah, buying winter jackets is basically a pastime for me because we have winter seven months out of the year.
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Observing and studying Amish folks can be an enjoyable pastime in itself.
Academic text (2004) -
Baseball is America's pastime.
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My favorite pastime is reading novels on the weekends.
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He took up painting as a new pastime during his free time.
Synonyms
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1.0
An activity you do in free time for pleasure
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2.7
An activity you do for fun or to relax
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3.9
An activity you do for pleasure in your free time
An activity done in free time for fun or rest
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Etymology
Pastime comes from the phrase 'pass the time' and is made of pass ('go by') and time. So a pastime is an activity you do to enjoy your free time and 'pass the time'.