showtime

[shoh-tahym]

noun

1. the time times at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of showtime¹

show + time

Example Sentences

That night, about an hour before showtime, Disney hit pause and released a statement saying the show had been pre-empted “indefinitely.”

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Attendees’ low energy may have also been a symptom of the morning showtime.

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Mexican fans even prayed to La Virgen de Guadalupe that the infamously combative brothers wouldn’t break up again even hours before showtime.

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E! will keep the party going with “Live From E!: Emmys,” hosted by Heather McMahan and Zuri Hall leading up to showtime.

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Undeterred, he sends his proteges out to meet women, spraying their armpits with deodorant, declaring: "It's showtime!"

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