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# timekeeping

«timekeeping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being on time, arriving and finishing when you should** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (timekeeping — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being on time, arriving and finishing when you should. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#m1)

2) Measuring and recording time, for example in a race or a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#m2)

3) How well a clock or watch keeps the right time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school and work «good timekeeping» means arriving on time; reports may say «her timekeeping has improved». In sport, a timekeeper times races and matches. In science and history, timekeeping covers sundials, clocks and calendars. In maths, timekeeping problems use start time, end time and duration. Phrases: «good timekeeping», «poor timekeeping», «official timekeeping».

### examples

- His timekeeping is excellent; he is never late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x1)
- The teacher spoke to us about poor timekeeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x2)
- Timekeeping at the swimming gala was done with stopwatches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x3)
- Sundials were an early form of timekeeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x4)
- Good timekeeping matters when you have a train to catch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x5)
- A race starting at 10:15 and ending at 10:52 lasted 37 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. One word. A person who keeps time in sport is a «timekeeper». In maths, find a duration by counting on: from the start time to the next whole hour, then to the end time.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «timekeeping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timekeeping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.