TIME FRAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time frame mean? 

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

1. a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME FRAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame

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

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

 Context examples 

Its trajectory will continue to be recalculated past that time frame as additional observations are received.

(Asteroid discovered by NASA to pass Earth safely, NASA)

NOTE(S): Whether administrative or preparatory activities are included in this time frame is up to whoever is defining the activity - this time frame is all that matters when the activity occurred.

(Performed Activity Actual Date Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

In a human study of about 40 individuals undergoing treatment for AUD, the researchers found that blood aldosterone concentrations were higher in individuals who continued drinking during the 12-week period, compared with those who were abstinent during the same time frame.

(NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, National Institutes of Health)