TIMING

Pronunciation (US):

• TIMING (noun)
  The noun TIMING has 2 senses:

1. the time when something happens
2. the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

  Familiarity information: TIMING used as a noun is rare.

• TIMING (noun)

Meaning:

The time when something happens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("timing" is a kind of...):

temporal arrangement; temporal order (arrangement of events in time)

Attribute:

present (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration)

past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)

late (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time)

middle (between an earlier and a later period of time)

early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)

succeeding (coming after or following)

preceding (existing or coming before)

future (yet to be or coming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timing"):

nowness; presentness (the quality of being the present)

futurity (the quality of being in or of the future)

pastness (the quality of being past)

unseasonableness; untimeliness (being at an inappropriate time)

seasonableness; timeliness (being at the right time)

simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)

tardiness (the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time)

promptness; punctuality (the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time)

lateness (quality of coming late or later in time)

earliness (quality of coming early or earlier in time)

approach; approaching; coming (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time)

lead; spark advance (the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine)

Meaning:

The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("timing" is a kind of...):

regulating; regulation (the act of controlling or directing according to rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timing"):

coordination (the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation)