"timekeeping" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-timekeeping.ogg [US] Forms: timekeepings [plural]
Etymology: time + keeping Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|keeping}} time + keeping Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} timekeeping (usually uncountable, plural timekeepings)
  1. The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Time Translations (the measurement of time): contrôle ou pointage de présence (French), chronométrage (alt: 1) (French), ponctualité (French), exactitude (French), cronometrare [feminine] (Romanian), cronometraj [neuter] (Romanian), cronometraje [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-timekeeping-en-noun-jmYtz~2K Disambiguation of Time: 59 36 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of 'the measurement of time': 84 16
  2. The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-timekeeping-en-noun-nP8fRVP7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 37 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time-keeping

Verb

Audio: En-us-timekeeping.ogg [US]
Etymology: time + keeping Etymology templates: {{compound|en|time|keeping}} time + keeping Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} timekeeping
  1. present participle and gerund of timekeep Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: timekeep Related terms: timekeeper
    Sense id: en-timekeeping-en-verb-39rh2nwX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 37 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time-keeping

Inflected forms

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