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# timer

«timer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a device that measures how much time passes and often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a timer, timers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A timer is a device that measures how much time passes and often rings or beeps when a set time is over, like a kitchen timer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#m1)

2) A timer can also turn a machine on or off automatically at a set time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science lessons, a timer or stopwatch measures how long things take in experiments and races; in class, a sand timer shows how long you have left. In cooking: set the timer for 20 minutes. In everyday life: oven timers, heating timers, game timers. Phrases: set a timer, the timer goes off, sand timer, egg timer.

### examples

- Set the timer for ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x1)
- The timer beeped, so the cookies were ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x2)
- We used a timer to see who could run fastest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x3)
- The teacher turned over the sand timer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x4)
- The heating comes on with a timer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x5)
- The egg timer has sand in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x6)
- When the timer goes off, it is time to tidy up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x7)
- My phone has a timer for brushing my teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timer/#x8)

### note

Countable. A timer counts down (or up) a time; a clock shows what the time is now. Maths: if the timer is set for 15 minutes at 3:50, it rings at 4:05.

### In the corpora

- [For simple jobs with live data, such as timers and weather, voice assistants are usually useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/6/)
- [Fair rules, like a timer for turns, stop the same argument happening again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/12/)
- [Sharing is a skill: take turns, use a timer, or find a game you can both play.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/2/)
- [They set a timer for ten minutes each, then decide to run a pretend restaurant together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/9/)
- [When a sibling wants the same toy, take turns, use a timer or find a game to play together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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