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In No Time

Definition: In No Time

In No Time

Adverb

1. In a relatively short time; "she finished the assignment in no time".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: In No Time

Synonym: very fast (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: In No Time

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Instantaneity

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: In No Time

Specialty definitions using "in no time": Packet InterNet Groper. (references)

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Modern Usage: In No Time

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Don't worry, you'll be back on your knees in no time. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

In no time, he'll be running around like a Mexican Jack Rabbit. (The A-Team; writing credit: Marissa Garrido; Henrique Lobo)

You'd be off the couch in no time. (Annie Hall; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

Lyrics

And in no time (By Your Side; performing artist: Sade)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: In No Time

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Everything Learning French Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic French in No Time (Everything Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: In No Time

Computer Images:
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Familiar Quotations: In No Time

AuthorQuotation

Douglas William Jerrold

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: In No Time

Language Translations for "in no time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shumë shpejt. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏في لمح البصر (at short notice, in brief), ‏في خلال ترفة عين. (various references)

   

Czech

  

okamžitì (at once, at the drop of the hat, directly, here and now, immediately, instantly, like a shot, offhand, on the spot, right away, straight away), hned (at once, immediately, now, offhand, very). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tuota pikaa (at once, instantly), tuossa tuokiossa (in a moment, right away, this minute), kädenkäänteessä (in the twinkling of an eye). (various references)

   

French

  

en un rien de temps (in a trice), dans un clin d'"il. (various references)

   

German

  

im nu (in a flash, in a jiffy, in a trice, in an instant, trice). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άψε-σβύσε. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כ"רף עין (in a flash, in two shakes), בעו" מוע" (in good time, soon). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rögtön (anon, eftsoons, immediately, instantly, off hand, pronto, right off, right on end, straight away, suddenly, to supervene), hamar (early, soon), egy pillanat alatt (in a crack, in a jiff, in a jiffy, in a shake, in the twinkling of an eye, in two shakes, like a shot), azonnal (anon, at once, at sight, forthwith, here and now, immediately, instantly, like smoke, now, on the spot, out of hand, outright, presently, promptly, pronto, right, right away, right off, straight away, straight off, straightaway, therewith, to deal with an emergency). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"髪'入れず (in a flash), "一髪'入れず (in a flash). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"いっぱつ'いれず (in a flash), か"はつ'いれず (in a flash). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay onay imetay

   

Romanian

  

în foarte scurt timp. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

моментально (posthaste). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

za kratko vreme (time: in no time), u tren oka (time: in no time, twinkling: in the twinkling of an eye). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en un santiamén (in a jiffy), al instante (instantly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

på nolltid. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zaman kaybetmeden, hemen (anon, as soon as, at a word, at no time, at once, bang off, directly, forthwith, immediate, immediately, in a jiffy, in a snap, in an instant, in short order, in two ticks, incontinently, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, on the instant, on the spot, out of hand, outright, presently, prompt, pronto, right away, right of the bat, right off, slick, soon, straight away, straight off, straightaway, then and there), derhal (anon, at a word, at once, bang off, forthwith, immediate, immediately, in a jiffy, in an instant, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, out of hand, pronto, right away, right of the bat, right off, therewith), bir an önce (anon, as soon as possible), çabucak (apace, at no time, by leaps and bounds, double quick, fast, hand over fist, in a snap, in short order, lickety-split, nimbly, posthaste, quick, quickly, readily, slick, slippy, speedily, swiftly, with a rush). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

умить. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In No Time

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-m-n-n-o-t"

-1 letter: mention.

-2 letters: intime, intine, intone, minion, tinmen.

-3 letters: imine, imino, inion, monie, monte, niton, nomen, nonet, tenon, tonne.

-4 letters: emit, inti, into, item, meno, mien, mine, mini, mint, mite, mote, neon, nine, nite, nome, none, note, omen, omit, time, tine, tome, tone.

-5 letters: eon, inn, ion, men, met, mon, mot, net, nim, nit, nom, not.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-m-n-n-o-t"
 

+2 letters: antimonide, antimonies, antinomies, gemination, innominate, mentioning, methionine, moistening, monetising, monetizing, munitioned, nominative, nonmimetic, omnificent, omniscient.

 

+3 letters: aminopterin, anonymities, antimonides, deamination, elimination, examination, geminations, germination, inseminator, methionines, neostigmine, nitrosamine, nominatives, nonfeminist, pneumonitis, premonition, premunition, reanimation, termination.

 

+4 letters: alimentation, aminopterins, antieconomic, antinepotism, deaminations, delamination, demonetizing, demonization, denominating, denomination, denominative, eliminations, emancipation, emargination, enantiomeric, examinations, feminization, germinations, impregnation, imprisonment, inclinometer, indomethacin, infotainment, insemination, inseminators, intermission, intromittent, manifestoing, melanization, meningiomata, misorienting, monetization, mountainside, neostigmines, nicotinamide, nitrosamines, nonfeminists, nonimitative, omnisciently, pigmentation, premonitions, premunitions, reanimations, remoistening, remonetizing, renominating, renomination, sanctimonies, semidominant, somnifacient, synonymities, terminations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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