Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time zone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
time -zone
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.

Inflected Forms

time zones (plural) time-zone (alternative) timezone (alternative)

Phrases

Alaska Standard Time Zone Alaska Time Zone Atlantic Standard Time Zone Central Standard Time Zone Central Time Zone Changpai Time Zone Chungyuan Standard Time Zone continental time zone

Frequently Paired Words

Greenwich Mean Time Zulu

Questions

What does time zone mean?
A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.

How to pronounce time zone

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