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Meanings of timer in English

Russian
таймер
Portuguese
temporizador
Catalan
temporitzador
Spanish
temporizador
Wikidata

Device that automatically times a process or event or activates an operation or another device at a preset time or times.

        таймер
        Catalan
        cronometrador

        (Sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed.

              cronometrador
              Usage of timer in English
              1
              Just in case you change your mind before the timer runs out.
              The South African
              2
              Old-timer Jurys has seen it all before, in good times and bad.
              The Irish Times
              3
              The pronounced timer will feel it clearly; the extreme stresser will not.
              The Principles of English Versification
              4
              You set the timer really low and then play chess really fast.
              Rock and Ice Magazine
              5
              She placed the food container in the microwave and set the timer.
              Tough customer: a novel
              6
              The Flyers' other goal also came on a one-timer from a defenseman.
              Reuters
              7
              I'd've thought an old-timer like you would've known to bring a radio.
              Shift
              8
              He blasted a one-timer through traffic from above the right hash marks.
              Reuters
              9
              Controlled by a timer, the porch light had come on at dusk.
              Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
              10
              Despite his youth, Kane is something of an old-timer in musical terms.
              The Guardian
              11
              Oshie then fired a one-timer in from just inside the left post.
              Reuters
              12
              Normal physiological functions require a robust biological timer called the circadian clock.
              Pubmed
              13
              The timer includes programmable alarms for diaper changes, medicine, feeding, and miscellaneous.
              Wired
              14
              He feels constantly on him the amusedly critical eye of the old-timer.
              The Land of Footprints
              15
              He remembered the advice of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek, and smiled.
              Lost Face
              16
              Right winger Justin Williams ripped a one-timer that deflected off Crawford's glove.
              Reuters
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              Translations for timer
              Portuguese
              temporizador
              Timer through the time
              Timer across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common