"clock in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-clock in.ogg [Australia] Forms: clocks in [present, singular, third-person], clocking in [participle, present], clocked in [participle, past], clocked in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clock in (third-person singular simple present clocks in, present participle clocking in, simple past and past participle clocked in)
  1. (US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock). Tags: US Synonyms (begin working time): clock on [verb], punch in [verb] Related terms: clock on, on the clock, off the clock, punch in, punch out Translations (to begin working time): embaucher (French), stämpla in (Swedish) Translations (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in): fitxar (Catalan), leimata sisään (Finnish), pointer (French), fichar (Galician), stempeln (German), timbrare (Italian), timbrare il cartellino (Italian), picar o ponto [Portugal] (Portuguese), bater ponto/bater o ponto [Brazil] (Portuguese), fichar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-clock_in-en-verb-Pz-NhrQi Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 87 13 Disambiguation of 'begin working time': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to begin working time': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To be measured at. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (to be measured at): tip the scales at Translations (to be measured at): olla (note: such as painoltaan for weight) [usually] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-clock_in-en-verb-9aNYNBcI Disambiguation of 'to be measured at': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'to be measured at': 2 98

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to begin working time",
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      "sense": "to begin working time",
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      "word": "timbrare"
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