timing

Other forms of timing

plural

timings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about timing

What does timing mean?

timing means "the time when something happens". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in timing?

timing has 2 syllables: ti-ming. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/.

Is timing a common word?

timing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.