clock
gb/klˈɑk/ us/klˈɑk/
A1
Engleză
~ 3000
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
A1
entity
1
Device for telling time
A device that shows what time it is.
Tipar de utilizare:
a [adjective] clock
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'clock' with 'watch'; 'clock' is usually for a fixed device, while 'watch' is worn on the wrist.
Sinonime
timepiece (More formal or old-fashioned term for any device that tells time.)
Antonime
timer (Counts down or up from a set time rather than showing the current time.)
Colocații
alarm clock
|wall clock
|digital clock
|clock face
|set the clock
Teme
daily life
|technology
|home
|time
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The clock on the wall stopped at noon.
- She glanced at the clock and realized she was late.
- I bought a new digital clock for my bedroom.
- The clock struck midnight.
- He set the clock ahead by five minutes.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The clock says it is three o’clock.
- I have a big clock in my kitchen.
- This clock is very old.
- My clock is broken.
- I look at the clock every morning.
Verb
informal
B1
action
2
Measure or record time or speed
To find out how fast something is or how long it takes by using a timer or measurement device.
Tipar de utilizare:
to clock [someone/something] at [speed/time]
Greșeală frecventă:
Some learners confuse this meaning with 'clock in' (to register arrival at work), which is related but more specific.
Sinonime
time (General term for measuring duration, not necessarily speed.)
Antonime
guess (To estimate without measuring accurately.)
Colocații
clock a runner
|clock a lap time
|clocked at 90 mph
Teme
sports
|transport
|measurement
|science
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The police clocked the car at 100 miles per hour.
- She clocked her best marathon time this year.
- The technician clocked the machine’s cycle at two seconds.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The car was clocked at 80 km/h.
- They clocked my run at 10 minutes.
- The police clocked the bike going fast.
Verb
informal
B2
action
3
Hit in the face or head
To hit someone hard in the face or head.
Tipar de utilizare:
to clock [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think this meaning relates to time; it is slang for hitting and unrelated to measuring time.
Sinonime
punch (More general term for hitting with a closed fist.)
Antonime
caress (To touch gently, as an opposite action to hitting.)
Colocații
clock him one
|clocked her right in the jaw
Teme
violence
|slang
|daily_life
Exemple
- He threatened to clock anyone who came closer.
- She clocked him before he could react.
- I nearly got clocked for interrupting their argument.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- He clocked the man in the face.
- She clocked him hard.
- The boy was clocked by another boy.
Verb
informal
B2
action
4
Notice or recognize quickly
To see or realize something quickly.
Tipar de utilizare:
to clock [someone/something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse this with recording time; here it means noticing something visually or mentally.
Sinonime
spot (Common informal term for noticing something visually.)
Antonime
overlook (To fail to notice something.)
Colocații
clocked him across the room
|clock what’s going on
Teme
perception
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- I clocked him as soon as he entered the room.
- She didn’t clock the mistake until later.
- He finally clocked what they were talking about.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- I clocked my friend in the shop.
- She did not clock the error.
- They clocked him when he came in.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
clock
IPA
GB/klˈɑk/
US/klˈɑk/
Silabe și accent
clock (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (clock)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: clock
- Plural: clocks
Verb
- Base: clock
- 3rd Person Singular: clocks
- Present Participle: clocking
- Past: clocked
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
clocks
noun
clocking
verb
clocked
verb
Core family
clockwise
adverb
Related words
clockwork
noun
clockmaker
noun
Negative and opposite forms
counterclockwise
adverb
anticlockwise
adverb
Expresii
around the clock
1/ɚˈaʊnd ðə klˈɑk/
idiom
All day and night without stopping
All the time, day and night, without stopping.
Exemple
- The hospital is open around the clock.
- They worked around the clock to finish the project.
clock in
1/klˈɑk ˈɪn/
phrasal verb
Record start work time
To record the time you start working, usually by using a card or computer system.
Exemple
- Employees must clock in before starting their shifts.
- I forgot to clock in this morning.
clock out
1/klˈɑk ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
Record finish work time
To record the time you stop working, usually by using a card or computer system.
Exemple
- Don’t forget to clock out before you leave.
- She clocked out early today.
race against the clock
1/ɹˈeɪs əɡˈɛnst ðə klˈɑk/
idiom
Compete with a deadline limit
To try to finish something before you run out of time.
Exemple
- It was a race against the clock to get the report done.
- They raced against the clock to rescue survivors.
turn back the clock
1/tˈɚn bˈæk ðə klˈɑk/
idiom
Return to an earlier time or state
To go back to a past time or situation that has ended.
Exemple
- You can’t turn back the clock on progress.
- He wished he could turn back the clock and fix his mistakes.