"time trial" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time. Categories (topical): Cycling, Motor racing, Cycle racing Synonyms: race of truth, TT Derived forms: individual time trial (alt: ITT), team time trial (alt: TTT), time trial bicycle, time-trialing, time-trialling, time trialist, time triallist, TT Translations (race in cycling): contrarellotge [feminine] (Catalan), časovka [feminine] (Czech), tijdrit [masculine] (Dutch), contre-la-montre [masculine] (French), Zeitfahren [neuter] (German), cronometro [feminine] (Italian), contrarrelógio [masculine] (Portuguese), contrarreloj [feminine] (Spanish), contra reloj [feminine] (Spanish), tempolopp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-time_trial-en-noun-l8UHFNHe Disambiguation of Cycle racing: 63 27 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 34 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 31 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 57 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 51 33 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 55 26 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 58 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 58 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 32 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 61 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 28 16 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports Disambiguation of 'race in cycling': 63 22 15
  2. (by extension) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other. Tags: broadly Translations (competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other): contrarellotge [feminine] (Catalan), course contra la montre [feminine] (French), course contra la horloge [feminine] (French), prova a contrametro [feminine] (Italian), evento a contrametro [masculine] (Italian), eventus contra horologium [masculine] (Latin), contrarrelógio [masculine] (Portuguese), contrarreloj [feminine] (Spanish), contra reloj [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-time_trial-en-noun-OU3o297x Disambiguation of 'competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other': 14 78 8
  3. (video games) A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels—or, in some cases, the entire game—as quickly as possible. Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: time attack
    Sense id: en-time_trial-en-noun-QEyluYmQ Topics: video-games

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "course contra la montre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "course contra la horloge"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova a contrametro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evento a contrametro"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eventus contra horologium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrarrelógio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contrarreloj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contra reloj"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "time trial"
  ],
  "word": "time trial"
}

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