REGULATION TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regulation time mean? 

• REGULATION TIME (noun)
  The noun REGULATION TIME has 1 sense:

1. (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game

  Familiarity information: REGULATION TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGULATION TIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

the game was finished in regulation time

Hypernyms ("regulation time" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Holonyms ("regulation time" is a part of...):

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

Antonym:

overtime (playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie)