show time
9
1.1
- noun
- /ˈʃoʊ taɪm/
:
hora de la función
- It's show time at the Miroquois Casino.
- show time is 9 p.m.
- listings for show times
- minutes before show time
Examples
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Three minutes to show time.
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Ready for show time on Saturday?
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Five minutes to show time, darling.
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Get ready... we got 5 minutes till show time.
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And now it's show time, ladies and gentlemen.
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Okay everybody, it's show time.
Fiction book (1996) -
Walk-up ticket purchases are only available at Lincoln Hall beginning one hour before the listed show time unless the show is sold out.
Blog text (10) -
Show times are 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Blog text (11) -
For tickets to any of these productions or more information on specific show times, contact the WMU Theatre Box Office at 269-387-6222 or visit www.wmutheatre.com.
Blog text (21) -
The new action movie has a show time of 7 p.m. this Saturday.
Synonyms
92
2.8
The time when a performance or event is set to start
3
2.1
A time when people can watch a film or play
2
1.8
The planned time when something begins
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the scheduled start time of a show' is directly and compositionally derived from 'show' (a staged event) + 'time' (a specific point), following a common noun+noun compounding pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically transparent and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Show time comes from theatres and cinemas where people marked the exact moment the lights went down and the show began at a fixed time. So it now means the 'planned start time' of a movie, play, or other event.