timer
/ˈtaɪmə(r)/noun
उच्चारण टाइमर
टाइमर, समय-मापक यंत्र
Basic word
noun
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[C]
a device used for measuring the time that something takes, or for making a machine start or stop working at a particular time
टाइमर, समय-मापक यंत्र
- Set the timer on the oven for twenty minutes.
- The lights are on a timer and switch off at midnight.
- Radhika uses a timer to practise mock tests.
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- Press the button to start the timer.
- The kitchen timer rang when the rice was ready.
- A timer switches the geyser off after thirty minutes.
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[C]
used with an adjective or number to describe a person who does something for a particular period or a particular number of times
(विशेषण या संख्या के साथ) ... बार करने वाला व्यक्ति
- first-timers at the event
- an old-timer
- The marathon had many first-timers this year.
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- Ask the old-timers in the village about the great flood.
- She is a part-timer at the library and works on weekends.