regulation time
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- noun
- Jargon
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tiempo reglamentario
- The game was tied 3 to 3, and there were only two minutes left in regulation time.
- minutes of regulation time
- seconds of regulation time
- end of regulation time
Examples
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For example, in football, the field is always 100 yards long, there are always 4 downs, regulation time is always 60 minutes, and a touchdown always gives you 6 points plus an extra point (and sometimes 2).
Blog text (15) -
Actually, there were 13 seconds left in regulation time, and the ULL punter was close to his own 20-yard line (1:32 of this video).
Blog text (15) -
By the end of regulation time the score was tied... ...and the game went into sudden death.
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Final minute regulation time.
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As for the second: if Bengie Molina has made it around the bases before within regulation time, so can a tree.
Blog text (26) -
At the end of regulation time (nothing really important ever happens in professional wrestling until the borrowed time after the final bell has rung).
Fiction book (1992) -
I flipped a wrist shot past their goaltender on the short side to open the second period, our captain finished off a nice passing play ten minutes later, and at the end of regulation time we were tied, 2-2.
Academic text (1999) -
Nate McLouth, who had accounted for Baltimore's run in regulation time with a home run in the fifth off Yankees starter Phil Hughes, advanced Machado to third base with a grounder to the right side.
Blog text (21) -
With only a minute left in regulation time, the referee blew the whistle for a foul.
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The team scored a crucial goal just seconds before the end of regulation time.
Synonyms
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The time shown on the clock while players compete
A set time in a game or match when the action continues
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the period of time set by the rules' is directly derivable from combining 'regulation' (a rule set by authority) with 'time' (a period). An average B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer this sports sense (the normal game duration, excluding extra time), since the composition follows a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern.
Etymology
Regulation time: The noun regulation time comes from sports: the word regulation means the official rules and the word time is the game clock they set. So regulation time means the normal playing period set by the rules, not the 'extra time' or 'overtime' added later.