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- [klok in]
- /klɒk ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klok in]
- /klɒk ɪn/
Definitions of clock in words
- phrasal verb clock in When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived. 3
- noun clock in an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about. 1
- noun clock in time clock. 1
- noun clock in a meter or other device, as a speedometer or taximeter, for measuring and recording speed, distance covered, or other quantitative functioning. 1
- noun clock in biological clock. 1
- noun clock in (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Horologium. 1
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Origin of clock in
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English clok(ke) < Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock; akin to Old English clucge, Old High German glocka (German Glocke), Old Irish clocc bell; cf. cloak
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Parts of speech for Clock in
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
clock in popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
clock in usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clock in
verb clock in
- materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
Antonyms for clock in
verb clock in
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
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