"time travel" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: time + travel Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} time travel (uncountable)
  1. (chiefly science fiction) Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Science fiction, Fiction, Fictional abilities, Time travel Synonyms: time-travel Derived forms: time travel debugging, time-traveler, time-traveller, time-traveling, time-travelling Translations (hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future): пътуване във времето (pǎtuvane vǎv vremeto) (Bulgarian), viatge en el temps [masculine] (Catalan), 時間旅行 (Chinese Cantonese), 时间旅行 (si⁴ gaan³ gei¹ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 時間旅行 (Chinese Mandarin), 时间旅行 (shíjiān lǚxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), cestování časem [neuter] (Czech), cestování v čase [neuter] (Czech), tidsrejse [common-gender] (Danish), tijdreis [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), tempovojaĝado (Esperanto), tíðarreikan (Faroese), aikamatkustus (Finnish), aikamatkailu (Finnish), voyage dans le temps [masculine] (French), viaxe no tempo [feminine] (Galician), Zeitreise [feminine] (German), időutazás (Hungarian), tímaflakk (Icelandic), amthaisteal [masculine] (Irish), taisteal san/trí am [masculine] (Irish), viaggio nel tempo [masculine] (Italian), タイムトラベル (taimu toraberu) (Japanese), 時間旅行 (jikan ryokō) (Japanese), 시간여행 (siganyeohaeng) (alt: 時間旅行) (Korean), времеплов (vremeplov) [masculine] (Macedonian), цаг хугацааны аялал (cag xugacaany ajalal) (Mongolian), podróżowanie w czasie [neuter] (Polish), viagem no tempo [feminine] (Portuguese), călătorie în timp [feminine] (Romanian), путеше́ствие во вре́мени (putešéstvije vo vrémeni) [neuter] (Russian), vremeplov (Serbo-Croatian), времеплов [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cestovanie v čase [neuter] (Slovak), viaje en el tiempo [masculine] (Spanish), viaje a través del tiempo [masculine] (Spanish), tidsresa [common-gender] (Swedish), zamanda yolculuk (Turkish), zaman yolculuğu (Turkish), teithio mewn amser [masculine] (Welsh), teithio drwy amser [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-time_travel-en-noun-ZgWTHVVO Disambiguation of Fiction: 99 1 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 77 23 Disambiguation of Time travel: 92 8 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future': 96 4
  2. (databases) The ability to access previous states of a database. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-time_travel-en-noun-FPGqjgJj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 26 74 Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Alternative forms

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pǎtuvane vǎv vremeto",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "пътуване във времето"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "viatge en el temps"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "時間旅行"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "si⁴ gaan³ gei¹ hei³",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "时间旅行"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "時間旅行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíjiān lǚxíng",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "时间旅行"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cestování časem"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "cestování v čase"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tidsrejse"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "tijdreis"
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "tempovojaĝado"
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "tíðarreikan"
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "aikamatkustus"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "aikamatkailu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "voyage dans le temps"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "viaxe no tempo"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zeitreise"
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "időutazás"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "tímaflakk"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "amthaisteal"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "taisteal san/trí am"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "viaggio nel tempo"
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      "roman": "taimu toraberu",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "タイムトラベル"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikan ryokō",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "時間旅行"
    },
    {
      "alt": "時間旅行",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "siganyeohaeng",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "시간여행"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vremeplov",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "времеплов"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cag xugacaany ajalal",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "цаг хугацааны аялал"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "podróżowanie w czasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viagem no tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "călătorie în timp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "putešéstvije vo vrémeni",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "путеше́ствие во вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "vremeplov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "времеплов"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cestovanie v čase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaje en el tiempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaje a través del tiempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "tidsresa"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "zamanda yolculuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "word": "zaman yolculuğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teithio mewn amser"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teithio drwy amser"
    }
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    "time travel"
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