Timing
timing (noun) - the skill of deciding the right time to do something
a timer (noun) - a device measuring time exactly, telling when to start and stop something
timed to... (verb) - done at this time in order to...
exact timing
precise timing
good timing
bad timing
critical timing
well timed
timed to coincide with
get the timing right
is a matter of timing
a good sense of timing
critical timing
timed exactly
timing of payment
shrewdly timed
timing of announcement
announcement timed to be released when...
timing of decision
emits bleeps at timed intervals
carefully timed to enable the attendance of
timed to take place when...
timed to coincide with
timing could hardly have been worse
the timing does not alter much from day to day
timed with a peak in prices
timing on his side
the right timing and circumstance
incredible timing
start timing
timing is the key to
timing of the schedule
clock timing
split-second timing
feel the timing
timing of receipts and payments
timing of the transaction
strategically timed to coicide with the runup to the election
setup a timer
Example sentences:
* The timing could hardly have been worse.
* The release of the committee report was timed to coincide with the announcement of the chairman's announcement that he was running for elected office.
* The most important property of a clock is its reliability. Its timing does not alter much from day to day.
* "His own money has been hard-earned as a shrewd farmer and dealer, with timing on his side as the property market hit a peak in the late 1980s."
* "When boiling point is reached, start timing."
* "A quite minor act of consideration, given the right timing and circumstance can assume a major significance in the mind of the recipient."
* "We tested the chickens by restraining them gently for 15 seconds and then timing their recovery from the trance we induced in them."
* "His timing is incredible and his sheer touch on the guitar means that whatever he plays sounds impressive straight away."
* Good timing!
* The combination of careful timing by the female cuckoo, together with a short incubation period, ensures that on most occasions she lays many eggs.
* Timing is the key to good shotmaking.
* The timing of the schedule for privatisation next year will be crucial to its success.
* Please have all the clocks and timers setup beforehand please, so we don't have to dicker with clock timing and synchronisation.
* Horsemanship of the highest order requires split-second timing.
* "Timing is something that has to be felt."
* "Most polar birds breed seasonally, mating in early spring and timing their laying and incubation so that chicks are fed and released during the summer flush of food."
* The accounts are to do with measuring economic activity rather than the timing of receipts and payments.
* The timing of the committee's decision might mean there is a slight delay if it's too late for this year's budget.
* "The timing of the transaction may be connected with the purpose of the sale and be critical to the transaction as a whole."
* "For example, if the sale is a demerger or unbundling process used to counter a hostile bid, timing will be critical."
* "The purchaser will wish to consider the timing of payment in the context of the whole transaction."
* The difference crucial to success was one of timing.
* "It is vital that the Government is alert, gets its withdrawal timing right and that British troops are not isolated with no hope of survival."
* "He was often ten minutes late, as if the minutes had been timed exactly."
* The announcement was timed with growing popular dissaffection with the government's inability to provide basic services and curb corruption and rising prices.
* The issuance of the document was shrewdly timed.
* Alternatively, for the self-employed, cash payouts can be timed to coincide with periods where lower income is anticipated.
* A strike can very rarely be timed to such an accurate degree.
* An announcement timed to be released simultaneously in Britain and America confirmed that the company would sponsor the event.
* "It consists of a machine which emits bleeps at timed intervals."
* I timed you myself.
* The election was timed to take place two days after presentation of the budget for next year.
* Work stoppages called by the unions were strategically timed to coincide with the run-up to the local elections.
* The delegation's visit had been timed to coincide with budget decisions for the next financial year.
* The president's toast at the banquet was well timed.
* "The union meetings took place in canteens, offices and showrooms throughout all factories in the group, carefully timed to enable the attendance of those on shiftwork."
* The union representatives visits were deliberately timed to follow visits by upper management in the company.
