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Meaning of "timeserving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIMESERVING

timeserving  [ˈtaɪmˌsɜːvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIMESERVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Timeserving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TIMESERVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of timeserving in the English dictionary

The definition of timeserving in the dictionary is compromising and changing your opinions, way of life, etc, to suit the current fashions. Other definition of timeserving is making little effort at work because you are waiting to retire or change jobs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIMESERVING


approving
əˈpruːvɪŋ
believing
bɪˈliːvɪŋ
carving
ˈkɑːvɪŋ
deceiving
dɪˈsiːvɪŋ
deserving
dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
earthmoving
ˈɜːθˌmuːvɪŋ
fast-moving
ˌfɑːstˈmuːvɪŋ
grieving
ˈɡriːvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
Irving
ˈɜːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
nerving
ˈnɜːvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
starving
ˈstɑːvɪŋ
undeserving
ˌʌndɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
unnerving
ʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ
unobserving
ˌʌnəbˈzɜːvɪŋ
unswerving
ʌnˈswɜːvɪŋ
weaving
ˈwiːvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIMESERVING

timeliest
timeline
timeliness
timely
timenoguy
timeous
timeously
timepass
timepiece
timepleaser
timer
times
Times Square
timescale
timeserver
timetable
timetabling
timework
timeworker
timeworn

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIMESERVING

craving
diving
driving
engraving
giving
living
loving
problem-solving
proving
raving
rock carving
saving
self-serving
shaving
shelving
surviving
thanksgiving
thriving
wood carving
woodcarving

Synonyms and antonyms of timeserving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TIMESERVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «timeserving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of timeserving

Translation of «timeserving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIMESERVING

Find out the translation of timeserving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of timeserving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «timeserving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

timeserving
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

timeserving
570 millions of speakers

English

timeserving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

timeserving
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

timeserving
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приспособленчество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

timeserving
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালের গোলামিপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

timeserving
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Timeserving
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

timeserving
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ご都合主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

timeserving
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Timeserving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian làm việc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

timeserving
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सदोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zamanelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

timeserving
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

timeserving
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пристосуванство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timeserving
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

timeserving
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

timeserving
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

timeserving
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

timeserving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of timeserving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIMESERVING»

The term «timeserving» is normally little used and occupies the 119.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIMESERVING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «timeserving» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «timeserving» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about timeserving

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIMESERVING»

Discover the use of timeserving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to timeserving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Threads of thought; or, Familiar words on common themes
GENERALLY condemned, timeserving is widely practised. In satisfying his conscience, the lawyer dreads offending a client ; the physician, a patient ; and the trader, one who patronises his store. In every age has " the fear of man " led into a ...
Charles Rogers, 1888
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English synonyms explained: with copious illustrations and ...
... hurricane 353 TBMPLE— temple, church TEMPORAL— secular, temporal, worldly 90 TEMPORARY— temporary, transient, transitory, fleeting 267 TEMPORIZING — temporizing, timeserving 267 TO TEMPT— to allure, tempt, seduce, entice, ...
George Crabb, 1844
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English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and ...
... church 85 TEMPORAL— secular, temporal, worldly 90 TEMPORARY— temporary, transient, transitory, fleeting 207 TEMPORIZING — temporizing, timeserving 207 TO TEMPT— to allure, tempt, seduce, entice, decoy 319 TO TEMPT— to try, ...
George Crabb, 1854
4
A Dictionary of English Synonymes ...
TIMESERVING— TREASURE. 255 Seasonable, opportune ; happening at a proper time. Timely care ; seasonable supply ; timely notice ; seasonable advice. TIMESERVING, obsequious compliance with the ruling power. Temporizing ...
John Platts, 1845
5
English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
... gust, storm, tempest, hurricane 353 TEMPLE— temple, church 82 TEMPORAL — secular, temporal, worldly 90 TEMPORARY— temporary, transient, transitory, fleeting 207 TEMPORIZING — temporiiing, timeserving 267 TO TEMPT-to allure,  ...
George Crabb, 1837
6
English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order
786 TIMESERVING. timed and unseasonable: untimely is directly opposed to timely, signifying before the time appointed; as an untimely death: but ill-timed is indirectly opposed, signifying in the wrong time ,' as an illtimed remark. It imports all ...
George Crabb, 1824
7
Synonymisches Handwörterbuch der englischen Sprache für die ...
... to the approbation of sober and considerate men. (Tillotson.) There is a vast difference between sins of infirmity and those of presumption , as vast as between inadvertency and deliberation. (South.) 1. TIMESERVING,. 2. TEMPORIZING. 1 .
H M. Melford, 1841
8
Inventions
The first washing machine was hand cranked, cumbersome, and hard-to-use. One of the first vacuum cleaners, which appeared on the. i. Chapter. 7. •. Timeserving. Appliances. Improve. Home. — Timesaving Appliances Improve Home Life 57.
Walter A. Hazen, 1997
9
Fraser's Magazine
But out of the mouth of that godly and royal child, Christ himself returned such an awful repulse to those timeserving prelates, that after much bold importunity, they went their way, not without shame and tears.” The relacy, however, may easily ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1833
10
English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
TIMESERVING, TEMPORIZING. Timeserving and temporixing are both a plied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servile y to the time and season; but a timeserver is rather active, and a temporizer assive. A timeserver avows those ...
George Crabb, 1826

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIMESERVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term timeserving is used in the context of the following news items.
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Behead All Those Who Insult Free Speech
Free speech is not in the gift of minor Swedish timeserving hack bureaucrats, either to grant or withdraw. Where is the “respect”, by the way, in “Behead the ... «National Review Online, Oct 12»

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