"quality time" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} quality time (uncountable)
  1. Time spent enjoyably with family, friends, or one's partner. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-quality_time-en-noun-BOawxPIa
  2. Time spent by working parents with their children, especially time given over to productive or creative attention. Tags: uncountable Translations (time dedicated to one's children): laatuaika (Finnish), kvalitetstid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvalitetstid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-quality_time-en-noun-R1zHihwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of "time dedicated to one's children": 42 58

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