For a defined period of opportunity or availability to expire without action being taken.
When a specific window of time given to do something closes and is no longer available.
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
For a scheduled period of time in which something must be done to close, leaving no further opportunity.
"If you don't submit your application before Friday, the time window will time out and you'll have to wait until next year."
In network or software contexts, for a defined operational or communication window to expire.
"The data transfer failed because the time window timed out before the packet arrived."
For a time window to close or run out.
When a specific window of time given to do something closes and is no longer available.
Primarily technical and project-management language. Refers to a scheduled slot or opportunity window that has passed. More common in written technical documentation than in everyday speech. Rarely used as a verb; more often expressed as 'the time window has expired' or 'closed'.
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