Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

game-time decision

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: game--time de-ci-sion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decision about the conduct of a sporting event, usually one made by the coach regarding which players will start or will play, or which strategy will be employed, which is put off until the start of the game itself.

noun

By extension, any decision that is put off until a point where it can no longer be delayed.

Example Sentences

"A topographical presentation of these contours was used as a game-time decision aid by the UCLA 1972-73 Football Coaching Staff."
"I ended up staying out partying until 4 AM at which time I had an important game time decision: : go back to my apartment in Hoboken [New Jersey] to catch an hour of sleep or go straight to the office."
"But when the day finally comes that you spend a sleepless night with a crying baby who has a 103-degree fever, you'll still need to make a game-time decision. Who stays home from work?"
"There was also true courtroom suspense — a Perry Mason moment that could have cost me the whole trial. I made a game-time decision to ask Earle Caldwell's girlfriend a question nobody had ever asked her before: Did she believe that Caldwell and Blake were responsible for Bonny's murder?"
"Fortunately I made a game-time decision to take off my Hilfiger jeans and put on some khakis right before I left."

Inflected Forms

game-time decisions (plural)

Questions

What does game-time decision mean?: A decision about the conduct of a sporting event, usually one made by the coach regarding which players will start or will play, or which strategy will be employed, which is put off until the start of the game itself.

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