time-keep

A form of timekeep — To keep track of and/or enforce any restrictions on the time; keep time.

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Meanings

verbtime-keep (third-person singular simple present time-keeps, present participle time-keeping, simple past and past participle time-kept)

present singular third person time-keeps · participle present time-keeping · participle past time-kept · past time-kept

  1. alternativeAlternative form of timekeep.

    A small unit, such as a platoon, can time-keep and synchronize very well by itself, particularly if the parade path is not too noisy.

    1997, Edwin R. Coover, ATM Switches, page 63
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    Ideas on how to improve the process and ideas for other meetings are exchanged at this time and the allocation of roles for the next meeting is made – who will arrange the venue, who will send out the action points typed up, who will time-keep, etc.

    2001, Ian McGill, Liz Beaty, Action Learning: A Guide for Professional, Management & Educational Development, page 43

    Every so often, though, he found a deep need to time-keep, and this worried him. He knew he should not count the days and yet sometimes he did.

    2013, Martin Booth, Hiroshima Joe
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