Meanings
alternative realtime
- not comparableCommunicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.
If not real-time, in-person backup, he at least needed to tell Davenport what was going on, and where he was headed.
2014, John Sandford, Deadline: A Virgil Flowers Novel, Penguin, →ISBN, page 1674 more examples
It will provide a wireless navigation service that can deliver turn-by-turn route guidance and real-time traffic and weather information. Motorola is the first company to create such a solution, […]
2001, Automotive Engineering InternationalAudiences tolerate the idea of Roxy Hart turning from a “real-time” conversation with her husband or lawyer and launching into a song about her dreams and ambitions. And in the old days, movie audiences did the same: Judy Garland could ...
2004, William J. Mann, Gay Pride: A Celebration Of All Things Gay And Lesbian, Citadel Press, →ISBNThis may nevertheless require some re-drawing of boundaries, to integrate real- time or near-real-time intelligence collection with the other means of locating, identifying and tracking major military equipment and units.
2013, Michael Herman, Intelligence Services in the Information Age, Routledge, →ISBNAll signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information.
2020 December 30, Paul Stephen, “Chirk station is truly blooming”, in Rail, page 48Synonyms: RT
- not comparablecomputingOf a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically in which the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.
The projects, which are due to start in November, are: Real-time prediction and mitigation of disruption through personalised passenger communications - [...]
2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23Synonyms: RT
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCommunicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.
adjectiveOf a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically in which the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 實時 /实时
- 實時 /实时 (shíshí)computer term
Finnish reaaliaikainen
- reaaliaikainencomputer term
French en temps réel
- en temps réelcomputer term
German in Echtzeit
- in Echtzeitcomputer term
Hungarian valós idejű
- valós idejűcomputer term
Indonesian waktu nyata
- waktu nyatacomputer term
Irish fíor-ama
- fíor-amacomputer term
Italian in tempo reale
- in tempo realecomputer term
Japanese リアルタイムの, 実時間の
- リアルタイムの (riarutaimu no)computer term
- 実時間の (jitsujikan no)computer term
Malay masa nyata
- masa nyatacomputer term
Norwegian Bokmål sanntids-
- sanntids-computer term
Polish w czasie rzeczywistym
- w czasie rzeczywistymcomputer term
Portuguese em tempo real
- em tempo realcomputer term
Romanian în timp real
- în timp realcomputer term
Russian в реа́льном вре́мени, постоянный
- в реа́льном вре́мени (v reálʹnom vrémeni)computer term
- постоянный (postojannyj)computer term
Spanish de tiempo real
- de tiempo realcomputer term
Swedish realtids-
- realtids-computer term
Turkish gerçek zamanlı, eş zamanlı
- gerçek zamanlıcomputer term
- eş zamanlıcomputer term
Vietnamese tức thời, thời gian thực
- tức thờicomputer term
- thời gian thựccomputer term
Cite this entry
real-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real-time
“real-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real-time. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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