elapsed time

noun

: the actual time taken (as by a boat or automobile in traveling over a racecourse)

Examples of elapsed time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hang on through an opening salvo of political jokes that elapsed time and Tuesday’s election results have rendered stale (Rudy Giuliani, anybody? — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

My phone displayed my distance, speed, elapsed time, and heart rate in large text that was easy to see at a glance. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Additional Super-LumiNova on the ceramic bezel ensures elapsed time can be tracked even in total darkness. — Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time. — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for elapsed time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime