"pastime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæs.taɪm/ [General-American, UK], /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pastime.wav Forms: pastimes [plural]
Etymology: From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|passe tyme}} Middle English passe tyme, {{cal|en|frm|passetemps|nocap=1}} calque of Middle French passetemps Head templates: {{en-noun}} pastime (plural pastimes)
  1. Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably. Synonyms: kill-time, hobby Translations (that which amuses): διατριβή (diatribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ժամանց (žamancʻ) (Armenian), забавление (zabavlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), развлечение (razvlečenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), passatemps [masculine] (Catalan), 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 娛樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐 (yúlè) (Chinese Mandarin), zábava [feminine] (Czech), kratochvíle [feminine] (Czech), hobby [masculine] (Dutch), tijdverdrijf [neuter] (Dutch), ontspanning [feminine] (Dutch), amuzaĵo (Esperanto), dagdvølja [feminine] (Faroese), ajanviete (Finnish), viihdyke (Finnish), huvi (Finnish), passe-temps [masculine] (French), Zeitvertreib [masculine] (German), διασκέδαση (diaskédasi) [feminine] (Greek), αναψυχή (anapsychí) [feminine] (Greek), בילוי (bilúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), időtöltés (Hungarian), caitheamh aimsire [masculine] (Irish), spórt [masculine] (Irish), passatempo [masculine] (Italian), 娯楽 (goraku) (alt: ごらく) (Japanese), ludus [masculine] (Latin), oblectāmen [neuter] (Latin), oblectāmentum [neuter] (Latin), runaruna (Maori), tidsfordriv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tidsfordriv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Zeitverdreib [masculine] (Pennsylvania German), سرگرمی (sargarmi) (Persian), rozrywka (Polish), passatempo [masculine] (Portuguese), времяпрепровожде́ние (vremjapreprovoždénije) (alt: прия́тное) [neuter] (Russian), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), увеселе́ние (uveselénije) [neuter] (Russian), заба́ва (zabáva) [feminine] (Russian), देवना (devanā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), cur-seachad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), caitheamh-aimsire [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pasatiempo [masculine] (Spanish), förströelse [common-gender] (Swedish), tidsfördriv [neuter] (Swedish), palipas-oras (Tagalog), eğlence (Turkish), hobi (Turkish), meşgale (Turkish)
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Synonyms: passtime, pass-time [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæs.taɪm/ [General-American, UK], /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pastime.wav Forms: pastimes [present, singular, third-person], pastiming [participle, present], pastimed [participle, past], pastimed [past]
Etymology: From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|passe tyme}} Middle English passe tyme, {{cal|en|frm|passetemps|nocap=1}} calque of Middle French passetemps Head templates: {{en-verb}} pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Derived forms: pastimer, pastiming
    Sense id: en-pastime-en-verb-lfmbr9pl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passtime, pass-time [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:",
          "text": "An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.",
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          "ref": "2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 398:",
          "text": "Nor would there be an opportunity for the media's favorite pastime of exposing conflict among his advisors.",
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          "word": "ժամանց"
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "passe-temps"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "Zeitvertreib"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diaskédasi",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "διασκέδαση"
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "αναψυχή"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "diatribḗ",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "διατριβή"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bilúy",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "בילוי"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "word": "időtöltés"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "caitheamh aimsire"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spórt"
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "alt": "ごらく",
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          "roman": "goraku",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "word": "娯楽"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "ludus"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "oblectāmen"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "word": "runaruna"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "pdc",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sargarmi",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "word": "سرگرمی"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "word": "rozrywka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "passatempo"
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        {
          "alt": "прия́тное",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "vremjapreprovoždénije",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "razvlečénije",
          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "word": "развлече́ние"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pastimer"
    },
    {
      "word": "pastiming"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "passe tyme"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English passe tyme",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "passetemps",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Middle French passetemps",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pastimes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pastiming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pastimed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pastimed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sport; to amuse oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sport",
          "sport"
        ],
        [
          "amuse",
          "amuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpæs.taɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑːs.taɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "passtime"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pass-time"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pastime"
  ],
  "word": "pastime"
}

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