indefinite time
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindefiniteandtime
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indefinite
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdef.ɪ.nət/us/ɪnˈdef.ən.ət/
not exact, not clear, or without ...
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time
noun
uk/taɪm/us/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition ofindefiniteandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We cannot afford to have our links built at someindefinitetimein the future.
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Does he agree that this means that there is notindefinitetimeavailable for consultations?
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Other policies may have different orindefinitetimeperiods.
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There is anindefinitetimelimit, but they are pledged to that.
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How is the poor man advantaged by having his appeal put off for anindefinitetime?
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Consols are simply an annuity going on for anindefinitetime.
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Clearly there must not be anindefinitetime.
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They do not refer to anindefinitetimein the future.
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But they want not a definite temporary price, but a definite price for anindefinitetime.
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This seems to me to be for anindefinitetime.
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We are not prepared to postpone it for anindefinitetime.
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I stand very clearly by the point that it means anindefinitetime.
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We do not think it ought to be anindefinitetime.
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Yet he is going to keep us up anindefinitetime.
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Some services are to be reserved for anindefinitetime.
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I do not at all see why this should take anindefinitetime.
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It need not be sweetened, and it keeps for anindefinitetime.
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To the ordinary reader the words "at any time" imply anindefinitetime.
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What are the reasons why we find it impossible, as we do quite impossible, to contemplate the abolition of some limited period and the substitution of anindefinitetime?
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