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Definition: Against Time |
Against TimeAdverb1. As fast as possible; before a deadline; "it was a race against the clock". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Against TimeSynonym: against the clock (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Diuturnity | Tarry; (be late); drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time. |
Haste | Be precipitate; Adjective: jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry; Noun: have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare; work against time. |
Inaction | Cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time; (inactive). |
Time | Phrase: time flies, tempus fugit; time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, "time and tide wait for no man". |
Pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity; waste time; (be inactive). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Race Against Time (2000) Two Against Time (2002) Running Against Time (1990) | |
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Expressions using "against time": fight against time ♦ race against time ♦ talk against time ♦ to go against time ♦ to move against time ♦ to run against time ♦ work against time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
race against time | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "against time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سباق عكس الزمن (race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závodit s èasem (race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | course contre la montre (race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wettlauf mit der zeit (race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | versenyt fut az idővel (to work against time), versenyfutás az idővel (race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一刻'争う (to race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いっ"く'あらそう (to race against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | againstay imetay remar contra a maré (fight against time, swim against the tide). (various references) munci fãrã a pierde o clipã (work against time). (various references) в пределах установленного времени. (various references) defenderse contra tiempo (fight against time). (various references) i kapp med tiden. (various references) งานที่ต้องทำให้เสร็จตรงเวลา (race against time), รีบทำให้เสร็จตรงเวลา (rack against time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-m-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: estimating. | |
-2 letters: insatiate, instigate, intimates, ministate, miseating, mitigates, satiating, staminate. | |
-3 letters: agitates, agminate, amentias, animates, astatine, astigmia, emitting, enigmata, estating, giantism, ignatias, imagines, imitates, intimate, magentas, magnates, magnesia, mangiest, mattings, mingiest, mintages, mintiest, misagent, mitigate, nametags, sanitate, stagnate, steaming, stigmata, tangiest, titanias, titanism. | |
-4 letters: against, agitate, agnates, amentia, amities, amnesia, anemias, animate, animist, antisag, attains, easting, eatings, enigmas, entasia, etamins, etatism, gamiest, gamines, gateman, ignatia, ignites, imagine, imagist, imitate, ingates, ingesta, inmates, instate, intimae, intimas, isatine, iteming, magenta, magians, magnate, magnets, manages, masting, matings, matting, mattins, mintage, misting, mitiest, mittens, nametag, sagamen, santimi, satiate, satinet, seaming, seating, setting, siamang, sigmate, sitting, smiting, smitten, stamina, stating, taenias, tameins, tasting, tatamis, teaming, teasing, tegmina, testing, timings, tiniest, titania, titians. | |
-5 letters: agates, ageism, ageist, agents, agnate, aiming, aments, amigas, amines, anemia, animas, animes, animis, ansate, atmans, attain, easing, eating, enigma, etamin, gainst, gamest, gamine, gamins, gasman, gasmen, giants, gittin, ignite, images, imines, ingate, ingest, inmate, inseam, intima, intime, isatin, magian, magnet, manage, manats, manges, manias, mantas, mantes, mantis, mating, matins, mattes, mattin, mesian, meting, misate, miseat, mitten, saimin, samite, satang, sating, seaman, semina, seniti, signet, simian, siting, sitten, stamen, stigma, taenia, taigas, taints, tamein, tamest, taming, tanist, tatami, tenias, tieing, timing, tineas, tinges, tisane, titans, titian, titman, titmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-m-n-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: metastasizing. | |
+3 letters: magnetizations. | |
+5 letters: demagnetizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 61 69 6E 73 74 54 69 6D 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g a i n s t   T i m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0061 0069 006E 0073 0074 0054 0069 006D 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35736775808586254757971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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