playtime
part of speech
noun (playtime, playtimes — mainly uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Playtime is a time for playing, especially the break at school when children go outside. tree →
2) Any time set aside for a child or a pet to play. tree →
sense in the lessons
In UK, Irish, Australian and New Zealand schools «playtime» is the short morning or afternoon break (in the USA «recess»). In stories about school, things happen «at playtime» in the playground. In everyday life: «It's playtime for the puppy». Phrases: at playtime, after playtime, playtime is over, wet playtime (indoor play when it rains).
examples
- We play tag at playtime. tree →
- Playtime is over, back to class! tree →
- It rained, so we had wet playtime inside. tree →
- I forgot my snack for playtime. tree →
- The teacher on duty watches us at playtime. tree →
- The kitten has its playtime in the evening. tree →
- After playtime we had maths. tree →
- The old people in the nurseries took no notice of them, and the holluschickie kept to their own grounds, and the babies had a beautiful playtime. tree →
note
One word. Usually used without «a»: «at playtime». American English says «recess»; «break» is also common in the UK. It is a time, not a place — the place is the «playground».
In the corpora
- Everyone looked at the new boy, who went red and stood alone at playtime for days.
- The boy stopped coming out at playtime, and his mum told the teacher.
- Dan answered back to the dinner lady; she told his teacher and he lost his playtime.
- Jayden forgot his homework completely after a big game night, owned up to his teacher, did it at lunch and missed playtime.
- "urOk" means a lesson, and "perERva" means break or playtime.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «playtime» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.