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Meaning of timeskip | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.
    slang
  2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.

Examples

“Akira Toriyama uses a timeskip to rejoin us with Gokū and friends in Dragon Ball Chapter 113, three years after Gokū leaves Uranai Baba's Palace for his global trek.”
“Now I got one "Corrupted"-file which I erased and the next song had a timeskip. Player just informed me "Skip" and jumped some 10-15 seconds forwards.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

timeslip timeslot timespan timestamp timestamp reply timestamp-based concurrency control

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