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What is this time describing noun called? [duplicate]
A noun for when something happened is occasion. A noun for how long something took is duration.
But how would you describe an event that happened at a certain time after an occasion?
Example:
The ...
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What do you call “one hundredth of a second”?
As in:
He broke the world record of 14.05
I tried searching Wikipedia and ended up with centisecond. It sounds so scientific. What is it called in colloquial English?
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Is there such a thing as a “pre-anniversary”? Or a better word?
I suddenly find myself trying to describe a date that's an exact number of years before a scheduled event and I can't think of a better word to describe it than "pre-anniversary" or maybe even ...
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Is “time” needed in this sentence?
I must remember to bath within ten minutes time.
Is the word "time" needed in this sentence, or is it superficial? Is it even wrong to remove it?
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Word for “distance in time”
I need the correct English word for the German expression (zeitlicher) Abstand. Abstand means "distance", and zeitlich means "in time".
The "distance" between building maintenance dates is about ...
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How to name a 15-minute period?
In Dutch, we have the word "kwartier" to denote a 15-minute period. It is derived from the word "kwart", which means quarter. It is very common to use this word in both spoken and written language.
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When do we need to add 's' to a numeric year?
I have found some statements using the format years instead of year. When do we use years like 1950s and 2010s, rather than year like 1950 and 2010?
Fish stocks here began to decline in the 1950s, ...
