timing
/ˈtɑɪ·mɪŋ/ n [U]Definition
› the ability to choose the right moment to do or say something, or the time when something happens: The difference between a joke told well and a joke told badly is the timing. The timing of the airline strike was bad for our vacation plans.
(Definition of timing n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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