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timed

timed

1 3.9
Happening at regular, set times
  • adjective
  • /taɪmd/
translation icon : programado
  • And it's kind of oddly timed against the backdrop of your son's birth.

At sunrise it will click back into the more typical computer blue color timed light.

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Examples

  • Timed tests have been given to young children in school districts in the United States with the best intentions, but with negative consequences for many years.

    Blog text (13)
  • Timed breaks can enhance student attention to task.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I, I need things to be timed in a particular way.

  • Everything is timed, everything is on each note exactly.

  • The timed events at the festival occur every hour, allowing everyone to enjoy the activities in a structured manner.

  • In our fitness program, we follow a timed schedule to ensure that each workout session is evenly spaced throughout the week.

  • During the science experiment, the students used a timed approach to measure the reaction intervals accurately.

Synonyms

isochronous
vstimed
  • Specialized
9.9

Happening at equal time intervals

is arranged to happen regularly but in more general, nontechnical use

Antonyms

27 3.5

Happening at no fixed times

4.2

Not limited by a set time so you can take as long as you need

Compounds

1 3.5

Happening at the right moment to be useful

1 3.7

Happening at the best moment to be most useful

How Regular

rhythmic
42 3.6
timed
1 3.9
scheduled
2.1
sporadic
35 7.0
intermittent
35 6.5

Surface Forms

timed positive

Morphology

timed = time (transparent) = time + ed

A regular adjectival/past-participial formation from the verb 'time' meaning scheduled or measured; learners who know 'time' and '-ed' will derive the sense.

Etymology

The word timed comes from the common word time, which means 'a point or period when something happens', and the ending -ed that shows something is set or made that way. Just like in timer, it means 'set to happen at particular moments', so a timed event happens at planned, often evenly spaced, times.