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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [timeout]

    ** English

    [wikipedia]

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en]

    *** Interjection

    [en-interj]

    1. [en] To call for a time-out. 2. [en] To call for a suspension of activity or conversation. 3. [en] Used to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.

    *** Noun

    [~]

    1. [en] . 2. [en] The period of a [live action roleplaying] event when players are out of character . 3. [en] The point at which such a period begins.

    **** Antonyms

    - [en] ( _live action role-playing games_ )

    *** Verb

    [*]

    1. [en] To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit . 2. [en] Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit . 3. [en] To record the end of one's day or shift at work . 4. [en] To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.

    **** Antonyms

    - [en]

    **** Translations

    [to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit]

    - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] à, [fr] - Romanian: [ro] [trans-bottom]

    [of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit]

    - Finnish: [fi] [or passive forms of aikakatkaista] [trans-bottom]