1
: done or taking place at a time of a specified sort
an ill-timed arrival
2
: made to occur at or in a set time
a timed explosion

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Get a timed ticket for Friday, Saturday or Sunday night. Alex Golden, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 Chubb has spent the early part of both working on a side field, where a member of the team’s training staff guides Chubb and a group of other players through timed exercises. Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024 And waiting until doomsday had become a very real and timed concept for which scientists had wound a clock with its end-times alarm set to go off in minutes. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024 Each reminder, with its timed delay and increasingly attractive offers, helps convert different types of buyers at various stages of the flow. Waleed Najam, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for timed 

Word History

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of timed was in 1610

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“Timed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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