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How do you use Timer in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like timekeeper or timepiece, plus the exact meaning.

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Timer in a sentence

Related words

Timer | Times | Tim | Timing | Timed | Timers | Timings | Tims | Timeride

Timer meaning

  1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
  2. A device used to measure amounts of time.

Synonyms of Timer

timekeeper timepiece horologe official governor regulator

Related words

Other words often associated with Timer or its synonyms:

controller control authoritative politician semiofficial formal prescribed authorised established formalised clerk confirmed

Using Timer

  • The main meaning on this page is: Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. | A device used to measure amounts of time. | Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
  • Useful related words include: timekeeper, timepiece, horologe, official.
  • In the example corpus, timer often appears in combinations such as: the timer, timer and, timer for.

Context around Timer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

invalid 3× flush 2× old 2× set 1× kitchen 1× retransmit 1× next 1× latency 1×

Often after:

goes 1× went 1× controls 1× specifies 1× must 1× allows 1× off 1× fault 1× told 1× disaster 1×

Sentence patterns with Timer

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a one timer from the 1× a one timer off a 1× a one timer on a 1× a retransmit timer has fired 1× an all timer for an 1× an old timer and undertaker 1× an old timer told the 1× flush timer the flush 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

set a timer 2× a great machine 1× an old timer 1× apart from the 1× barzal converted a 1× breakker took some 1×

Common sentence endings:

2 1 lead 1× a certain threshold 1× all time great 1× by 2 early 1× cat its medicine 1× for his skill 1×

Words around Timer

Just before it in the word index:

timequake 2 timepieces 31 timepiece 39 timeouts 63 timeout 363 timeously 11

Just after it in the word index:

timeride 2 timerra 2 timers 188 times 33.981 timesa 2 timesaving 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

crap 396 discontent 396 earrings 396 eyebrows 396 harcourt 396 irregularities 396

Corpus analysis for Timer

  • In this selection, "timer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, invalid, flush, old, goes, went and controls stand out and add context to how "timer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a one timer from the and a one timer off a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "timer" sits close to words such as crap, discontent and earrings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with timer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Apart from the timer disaster, I really like this heater. (10 words)

This timer must be set to a higher value than the invalid timer. (13 words)

Daniel Sprong unloads on a wicked power play one-timer, Kraken lead by 2 early! (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Set a timer for 12 minutes, scraping the spoon across the bottom of the pan so that it can’t stick, and cook until the timer goes off, or the mixture is hot and thinly coats the spoon (or reaches 75C). (41 words)

James hits The Deal Breaker for the win at 5:07 (the feed would freeze at times for me, so the timer might be off a little as I tried my best to pause the timer when needed). (38 words)

Set a timer or alarm: Commands like “set timer for 20 minutes” or “set an alarm for 9 a.m.” give you an instant kitchen timer or alarm reminder to, say, give your cat its medicine. (36 words)

Exclamation examples

Daniel Sprong unloads on a wicked power play one-timer, Kraken lead by 2 early! (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

Set a timer or alarm: Commands like “set timer for 20 minutes” or “set an alarm for 9 a.m.” give you an instant kitchen timer or alarm reminder to, say, give your cat its medicine.

Set a timer for 12 minutes, scraping the spoon across the bottom of the pan so that it can’t stick, and cook until the timer goes off, or the mixture is hot and thinly coats the spoon (or reaches 75C).

I set the timer for 15 minutes and focused on this task until the timer went off.

James hits The Deal Breaker for the win at 5:07 (the feed would freeze at times for me, so the timer might be off a little as I tried my best to pause the timer when needed).

Flush Timer The flush timer controls the time between the route is invalidated or marked as unreachable and removal of entry from the routing table.

Further, in case a retransmit timer has fired and still no acknowledgement is received, the next timer is set to twice the previous value (up to a certain threshold).

How this works is that each PCI device that can operate in bus-master mode is required to implement a timer, called the Latency Timer, that limits the time that device can hold the PCI bus.

Invalid Timer The invalid timer specifies how long a routing entry can be in the routing table without being updated.

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This timer must be set to a higher value than the invalid timer.

Timer The timer allows the user to program and enable the box to switch between channels at certain times: this is handy to record from more than one channel while the user is out.

After the B’s killed off a Brad Marchand interference penalty in OT, David Pastrnak blasted a one-timer off a Charlie McAvoy feed to lift the B’s to the win.

A great machine (bought in 2008) but has a timer fault with only one cycle working.

An old-timer told the Penny Paper that he knew of an excellent barber who was totally blind but had learned his trade as his sight was failing and was renowned for his skill.

Apart from the timer disaster, I really like this heater.

Barzal converted a one-timer from the left face-off circle at 2:26, shortly after Horvat’s apparent power-play goal was waived off due to goaltender interference.

Breakker took some shots at Undertaker, calling him an old timer, and Undertaker grabbed a microphone.

But Aaron Rodgers should know that the upside with this team in this town is an all-timer for an all-time great.

Colorado carried the momentum into the second period and used a powerful one-timer from Makar on the power play to take a 2-1 lead.

Dallas prospect Francesco Arcuri got the only goal for Kitchener as he blasted home a one-timer on a man advantage with under five minutes to play.

Daniel Sprong unloads on a wicked power play one-timer, Kraken lead by 2 early!

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Common combinations with timer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "timer" in a sentence?
An example: "Set a timer or alarm: Commands like “set timer for 20 minutes” or “set an alarm for 9 a.m.” give you an instant kitchen timer or alarm reminder to, say, give your cat its medicine." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "timer" from authentic English texts.
What does "timer" mean?
Timer means: Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
What are synonyms of "timer"?
Common synonyms of "timer" include: timekeeper, timepiece, horologe, official, governor, regulator.
How many example sentences with "timer" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "timer", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.