Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time control

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: time -con-trol
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.

noun

A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.

Example Sentences

"Smyslov was a piece up against him with two moves to go before time control when he missed three winning lines and drew."

Inflected Forms

time controls (plural)

Questions

What does time control mean?: A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.

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