: the scheduled or actual time at which a show or something likened to a show begins
Examples of showtime in a Sentence
We have five minutes until showtime.
Showtime is in five minutes.
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Pine Knob’s parking lots typically open three hours before showtime.
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2024
Initially, the concert was scheduled for Sept. 14 at Fiserv Forum; that show was postponed 48 hours before showtime, amid reports of threats against the singer in Mexico from a drug cartel.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2024
Initially, the concert was scheduled for Sept. 14 at Fiserv Forum; that show was postponed 48 hours before showtime, amid reports of threats against the singer in Mexico from a drug cartel.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
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“Showtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showtime. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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showtime
noun
show·time
ˈshō-ˌtīm 
: the scheduled or actual time at which a show or something likened to a show begins
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