🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

a su debido tiempo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a su deˈβi.ðo ˈtjem.po

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fulness of time/ɪn ðə ˈfʊl.nəs əv ˈtaɪm/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Verás los resultados a su debido tiempo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverbial phrase
  1. 1

    Eventually; after an appropriate period of time has elapsed or when the right moment arrives.

    "All your questions will be answered in the fullness of time."
  2. 2

    At the proper or appointed time; when conditions are fully ripe for an event to happen.

    "In the fullness of time, the secret plan was revealed to the public."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived primarily from biblical translations (notably the King James Version of the Bible, translating the Greek 'plērōma tōrn chronōn' in Galatians 4:4). Historically used in religious contexts to signify the appointed, optimal time ordained by divine providence, it has evolved into secular usage denoting eventual occurrence or the natural maturation of circumstances.

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