Hypernym for clock and watch.
I said yesterday “I can’t read clocks”, but my interlocutor corrected me saying that what I was pointing at was a watch and not a clock.
So I understand the difference between clock and watch, but I don’t use analog clock. Is there a better way with analog clocks? Why does the term hypernym mean the same thing?
What is an interesting fact about Chinese culture?
What is chronometer? Less casual than chronometer?
Is a clock or other
electronic device that measures or registers time spherical devices.
Obviously I’m not just asking a customer whether timepieces are lauaros or chronometers. As the usage notes of that page explain, I just want to argue that clocks are not technically timepieces. I can’t read analog timekeeping devices. Is there a possible way or the alleged reason to just make that statement?
“Timepiece” is the correct hypernym, but in this context, you could also say
I can’t read analog clock faces.
The clock face is the face of the device that you read, and it’s called a “clock face” even if it’s part of a watch rather than a clock. How do you read tape or barometers? Can the terms “clock face” be used in the
exact same way (e.g. “clock face” is best).
“Timepiece” is the correct hypernym, but in this context, you could also say
I can’t read analog clock faces.
The clock face is the face of the device that you read, and it’s called a “clock face” even if it’s part of a watch rather than a clock. How do you read tape or barometers? Can the terms “clock face” be used in the
exact same way (e.g. “clock face” is best).
Is a clock or other
electronic device that measures or registers time spherical devices.
Obviously I’m not just asking a customer whether timepieces are lauaros or chronometers. As the usage notes of that page explain, I just want to argue that clocks are not technically timepieces. I can’t read analog timekeeping devices. Is there a possible way or the alleged reason to just make that statement?
What is chronometer? Less casual than chronometer?
What idiomatic way to say this is I cannot tell the
time “To tell the time”
is the idiomatic verb used for the activity of determining the time from an analog dial; it would not imply a digital display, nor does it suggest a watch face or a clock face. Learning to tell the time is a true expression among parents of low-school children.
The context of ‘clock’ in the phrase’reading the time from a clock’ implies that the clock is analog, and the word is unusual in non-technical context. Why can someone without time know the translation of the words “analog” or “for” or ‘for’?
As of 2014 the American English version of “to tell time” is “to tell time”.
What idiomatic way to say this is I cannot tell the
time “To tell the time”
is the idiomatic verb used for the activity of determining the time from an analog dial; it would not imply a digital display, nor does it suggest a watch face or a clock face. Learning to tell the time is a true expression among parents of low-school children.
The context of ‘clock’ in the phrase’reading the time from a clock’ implies that the clock is analog, and the word is unusual in non-technical context. Why can someone without time know the translation of the words “analog” or “for” or ‘for’?
As of 2014 the American English version of “to tell time” is “to tell time”.
Is a clock or other
electronic device that measures or registers time spherical devices.
Obviously I’m not just asking a customer whether timepieces are lauaros or chronometers. As the usage notes of that page explain, I just want to argue that clocks are not technically timepieces. I can’t read analog timekeeping devices. Is there a possible way or the alleged reason to just make that statement?
What is chronometer? Less casual than chronometer?
