"timekeep" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: timekeeps [plural]
Etymology: From time + keep, or possibly back-formation from timekeeping. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|keep}} time + keep, {{back-form|en|timekeeping|nocap=1}} back-formation from timekeeping Head templates: {{en-noun}} timekeep (plural timekeeps)
  1. A timekeeper; someone or something that timekeeps.
    Sense id: en-timekeep-en-noun-dXe6oL6E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time-keep, time keep

Verb [English]

Forms: timekeeps [present, singular, third-person], timekeeping [participle, present], timekept [participle, past], timekept [past]
Etymology: From time + keep, or possibly back-formation from timekeeping. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|keep}} time + keep, {{back-form|en|timekeeping|nocap=1}} back-formation from timekeeping Head templates: {{en-verb|timekeeps|timekeeping|timekept}} timekeep (third-person singular simple present timekeeps, present participle timekeeping, simple past and past participle timekept)
  1. To keep track of and/or enforce any restrictions on the time; keep time.
    Sense id: en-timekeep-en-verb-P2xerdu6 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time-keep, time keep

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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