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Definition: Free Time |
Free TimeNoun1. Time when you are free to do things that you enjoy. 2. To that is free for leisure activities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | 1. The time allowed shippers and receivers to load or unload rail cars before demurrage or detention. 2. The time allowed consignees to take physical delivery of cargo before storage or demurrage is assessed. (references) |
Shipping | That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.). (references) |
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Synonym: Free TimeSynonym: spare time (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Free Time |
| English words defined with "free time": at ease, At leisure ♦ easy ♦ free, Free ships ♦ Hanse towns ♦ spare, spare time. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "free time": bottom feeder ♦ constant applicative form ♦ damped natural frequency, damping of a circuit ♦ echelon pattern, electrical distance, electron avalanche ♦ File Allocation Table, fixturing period ♦ ghost reflection ♦ Internet Server Application Programming Interface ♦ Jephthah ♦ Leisure Activities ♦ microscopic lifetime ♦ nano, nano-, natural frequency ♦ parboiler, positive-discharge bucket elevator, Prospective study ♦ radon progeny, Real Soon Now, records tests ♦ Safeguards, import, sand leaching, short-delay blasting, Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line, statistical time division multiplexing, steamer operator, STEAM-OVEN OPERATOR ♦ Terms of Sale, true lifetime, tunnel right ♦ Use the Source Luke, UTSL ♦ videotex ♦ YARD WORKER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I told you, I have too much free time. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You've got waaaay too much free time. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Lyrics | I don't know why she focus all her free time on me (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | McARTHUR deck hand Michael Theberge fishing during free time in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Other good prospects for suppliers of commercial cooking equipment include grocery stores and convenience stores, as more Canadians with less free time to cook purchase prepared meals in such establishments. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | In exchange for giving extensive free time to the FRG and denying access to then-ruling National Advancement Party, Gonzalez reportedly insisted that his brother-in-law, Luis Rabbe, be the FRG's candidate for mayor of Guatemala City. (references) |
Human Rights | Cameroon | Prisoners in Bafussam reportedly used their free time to steal the next week's fees. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Women want successful careers, large families, and enough free time to exercise, join a book group, and learn a foreign language. |
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Expression using "free time": copious free time. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "free time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فراغ (air, blank, completion, emptiness, finishing, gap, idleness, inane, inanity, leisure, nothingness, space, spare time, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 空' (spare time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | volno (free, free day, holiday, leisure, off, off day, playtime, vacancy, vacation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ledig tid (idle time), hvileinterval (idle time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vrije tijd (idle time, leisure, leisure time, time off, unoccupied time), leeglooptijd (idle time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | joutoaika (leisure, spare time, time off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | temps mort, temps libre, temps de repos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | freizeit (leisure, leisure time, spare time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρόνος ηρεμίας (idle time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabad idő (ease, spare time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tempo libero (free, leisure, leisure time, spare, spare time, time off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自"時" (time at leisure), 閑 (farewell, leave, leisure, spare time), 空き時" , フランス" (FC, flamberge, flannel, flick, franchise, franchise chain, freak, free, free agent, free dial, free kick, free sex, free skating, free talking, free tax, free throw, free trade, free weights, freedom, freesia, free-software, freestyle, freeware, freeway, freeze, freeze-dry, freezer, French, French window, frieze, one size fits all, one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work, refrigerator, toll-free number, young people subsisting on part-time work), 暇 (farewell, leave, leisure, spare time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | フリータイ , ひま (castor oil plant, farewell, leave, leisure, spare time), か" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), いとま (farewell, leave, leisure, spare time), あきじか", じゆうじか" (time at leisure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eefray imetay tempo morto (break in the work, dead time, delay, delay time, down time, idle time, insensitive time, time stood-off, waiting time), tempo livre (leisure clothes), período de repouso (idle time). (various references) tiempo muerto (time out), tiempo libre (leisure), tiempo de reposo (idle time), periodo de reposo (break, idle time, rest interval, rest pause). (various references) ej krävd klartid (idle time). (various references) sypynmak (have free time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | otium. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-i-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: eremite. | |
-2 letters: meeter, metier, reemit, remeet, retime, teemer. | |
-3 letters: eerie, emeer, fermi, merit, meter, metre, miter, mitre, refit, remet, remit, retem, retie, timer. | |
-4 letters: emir, emit, feet, feme, fere, fete, fire, firm, free, fret, frit, item, meet, mere, mete, mire, mite, reef, reft, reif, rete, rife, rift, rime, rite, teem, term, tier, time, tire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-i-m-r-t" | |
+2 letters: beforetime, refinement. | |
+3 letters: refinements. | |
+4 letters: fermentative, imperfective. | |
+5 letters: imperfectives, imperfectness, prefigurement, reinforcement. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 54 69 6D 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e   T i m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 0054 0069 006D 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40847171254757971 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, árabe, arabisk |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, checo, tjeck |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk |
Turkmen | turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
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