time-travel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: time--trav-el
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Meaning

noun

Alternative form of time travel.

Uncountable

verb

To travel through time.

Intransitive verb

verb

To sleep.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans. Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones."

Etymology

time + travel

Usage

Inflected Forms

time travel (alternative) timetravel (alternative) time-travels (present, singular) time-traveling (US, participle) time-travelling (UK, participle) time-traveled (US, participle) time-traveled (US, past) time-travelled (UK, participle) time-travelled (UK, past)

Phrases

time-traveller