Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time shifting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
time shift-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of network affiliates from different time zones of making television programs available at multiple times during the day.

Uncountable

noun

The correction of the times in a subtitle file.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does time shifting mean?
The practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.

How to pronounce time shifting

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