slot
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3.0
- noun
- /slɑt/
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franja horaria
- I heard about your new time slot.
- time slot
- an open slot
- schedule time slots
Can you just do my slot on the show as the guest?
- Can you just do my slot on the show as the guest?
- That means that there's three slots open October, November, December.
- You know, maybe you start off with just a slot of hours.
- And they would mark how many sold for each, each slot for like a month, a month out.
Examples
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Each volunteer signed up for a time slot and was paired against another person.
Academic text (2008) -
Their teachers scheduled several time slots for the students to work on their designs.
Academic text (2015) -
So I want to get whatever our slot is at least to that point.
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It's why TV shows that get a prime slot right, Whatever show.
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Can you just do my slot on the show as the guest?
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Yeah, my band got a slot in a music festival there.
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We have an hour until our slot in the vaults, so...
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They wanna offer us a national slot for Saturday nights.
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Justin usually tried to keep the ten-to-eleven time slot free for staff consultations.
Fiction book (1992) -
The conference organizers allocated a time slot for each speaker to present their work.
Synonyms
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2.7
A planned period for an event or activity
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
25
3.3
A machine in a casino where you put coins and spin pictures to try to win money
- Specialized
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5.2
A socket inside a computer that holds an extra card like a graphics card
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slot used for a time period follows the same idea of a reserved 'place', like a space kept for one thing. So a 'time slot' is a part of the schedule held for a meeting or event.