Meaning of pastime in English
(Definition of pastime from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
pastime | American Dictionary
Hockey is Canada’s national pastime.
Examples of pastime
pastime
The same sources tell us that this game caught on pretty quickly and soon became a favourite pastime of the nobility and royalty.
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Language play begins with baby-talk, blossoms with pastimes, and appears in its most sophisticated and complex form in literature.
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It was a matter of being born into a family setting of musical pastimes.
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Likewise, the singing of folk songs, necessarily easy to perform, became a very popular pastime by the end of the century.
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In fact, he says, writing superfluous books is a quite harmless and permissible pastime, which should not be of concern to any third party.
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Visiting dance halls had been a very important pastime for many older people.
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Science as fashionable pastime has become a familiar theme in eighteenth-century studies.
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The siting of the baths is important in the context of their role as a leisure pastime.
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Distinctive vocabularies often arise within groups engaged in a common occupation, pastime, or goal.
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He details the development of the solo song genre into the modern practice of song recital, but laments its demise as an amateur pastime.
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Historical reflection on modernity was not an easy intellectual pastime for writers of his time.
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Furthermore, they located the pastimes they studied within a broader socioeconomic context.
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Coping strategies to reduce expenses included engaging in cheaper or free pastimes, to not using the television and\or radio to cut the electricity bill.
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Soon finding, however, that either she or the image was unreal, she turned elsewhere for better pastime.
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There was a link with co-operative production, and a rejection of commercial entertainments and pastimes.
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पास टाईम, फावला वेळ, वेळ घालवण्यासाठी केलेली मनोरंजनात्मक कृती…
娯楽, 趣味, 気晴らし…
hobi, meşgale, eğlenceli şey…
passe-temps [masculine], passe-temps…
passatemps…
tijdverdrijf…
मनबहलाव, शगल, मनोविनोद…
મનોરંજન માટે કરવામાં આવતી પ્રવૃત્તિ.…
fritidsbeskæftigelse…
tidsfördriv…
kegiatan masa lapang…
der Zeitvertreib…
tidsfordriv [neuter], tidsfordriv…
وقت گزاری کا مشغلہ, تفریح کا مشغلہ…
приємне дозвілля, розвага…
సరదా లేక ఆనందం కోసం చేసే పని…
অবসরবিনোদন, একটি কার্যকলাপ যা আনন্দের জন্য করা হয়…
zábava, koníček…
hobi…
งานอดิเรก…
sự giải trí…
rozrywka…
취미…
passatempo…
