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Definition: Timekeeper |
TimekeeperNoun1. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed. 2. A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees. 3. A measuring instrument or device for keeping time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "timekeeper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Labor | One who keeps records of the time worked by employees. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Compiles employees' time and production records, using calculator or computer: Reviews timesheets, workcharts, and timecards for completeness. Computes total time worked by employees, using calculator or computer, posts time worked to master timesheet, and routes timesheet to payroll department. May pay employees. May calculate time worked and units produced by piece-work or bonus work employees, using calculator or computer, and be designated Time Checker (clerical) or Work Checker (clerical). May locate workers on jobs at various times to verify attendance of workers listed on daily spot sheet and be designated Spotter (any industry). May interview employees to discuss hours worked and pay adjustments to be made and be designated Pay Agent (clerical). (references) |
Sports & Leisure | One appointed to mark and announce the time of participants or the elapsed time in a race, game or contest. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TimekeeperSynonyms: timepiece (n), timer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper; annalist. |
Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Timekeeper. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Timekeeper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Timekeeper" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
timekeeper | 319 |
timekeeper kronos | 6 |
aviary timekeeper | 3 |
book timekeeper | 3 |
deltek timekeeper | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "timekeeper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kronometër (chronometer, stopwatch), kohëmatës (horologe, stopwatch, timer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хронометър (chronometer), часовник (clock, horologe, ticker, tick-tack, timepiece, timer, watch). (various references) | |
Czech | èasomìřiè (timer). (various references) | |
Danish | tidtager, tidsmaaler, Ur (clock, watch). (various references) | |
Dutch | tijdmeter (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), uurwerk (clock, watch). (various references) | |
Farsi | کارمندثبت اوقات , گاه نگهدار, وقت نگهدار. (various references) | |
Finnish | ajanottaja (time-keeper). (various references) | |
French | pointeau (time keeper), chronométreur. (various references) | |
German | Zeitmesser (chronometer, timer, timers). (various references) | |
Greek | κρατών την ώραν (timer), συσκευή ωρολογοποιίας (clock, timepiece, watch), ωρολογιακή συσκευή (clock, timepiece, watch), χρονομέτρησ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שעון וכחות (time clock). (various references) | |
Italian | misuratore del tempo, marcatempo, cronometro (chronometer, timer), cronometrista (timer), apparecchio di orologeria (clock, time switch, timepiece, timer, watch). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 計時係 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けいじがかり. (various references) | |
Manx | meoir traa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imekeepertay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | relógio (clock, tableman, ticker, timepiece, watch, wrist-watch), pessoa pontual (tableman), apontador (overseer, pencil sharpener, pointer, trainer). (various references) | |
Romanian | pontator, metronom (metronome), cronometru (chronometer, stop watch), ceas pentru pontaj. (various references) | |
Russian | хронометрист, хронометр (chronometer, timepiece, timer), табельщик (tableman). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | merilac vremena (timer), časovnik (clock, ticker, timepiece). (various references) | |
Spanish | cronómetro (chronometer). (various references) | |
Swedish | tidtagare, tidmätare (timepiece), tidkontrollör. (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องจับเวลา (timer). (various references) | |
Turkish | saat hakemi (timer), kronometre (chronometer, clock, split-second watch, stop watch, timepiece, timer), iş saatlerini yazan alet. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "timekeeper": timekeepers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "timekeeper" (pronounced 'Time"keep`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-i-k-m-p-r-t" | |
-3 letters: emptier, epimere, eremite, preemie, premeet. | |
-4 letters: empire, epimer, keeper, meeker, meeter, metier, peerie, permit, premie, reemit, remeet, retime, teemer, teepee, temper. | |
-5 letters: eerie, emeer, kempt, kiter, kreep, merit, meter, metre, miter, mitre, peter, piker, prime, remet, remit, retem, retie, tempi, tepee, timer, trike, tripe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-e-i-k-m-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: timekeepers. | |
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