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What do you call the time period between notification of an event and the event?

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00:00 What Do You Call The Time Period Between Notification Of An Event And The Event?
00:53 Accepted Answer Score 34
01:06 Answer 2 Score 21
01:18 Answer 3 Score 9
01:44 Answer 4 Score 6
01:58 Answer 5 Score 4
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 34


You might call it the interim.




ANSWER 2

Score 21


You might call it the lead time to the event.




ANSWER 3

Score 9


You could call that period the Alert Period or Notification Period since it's the time between when the notification (or alert) occurs and the event that the notification notifies about. I suppose if you want to make it sound more dramatic you could call it a Countdown Period (or maybe just Countdown) since you're counting down time to the event.




ANSWER 4

Score 6


LAST CALL came to my mind, although it might not apply here.




ANSWER 5

Score 4


If you want a word for the notification itself, try "reminder", "alert", "notice", or "warning bell".

If you want a word for the time period itself (which I think is what you're asking), that could be a "pre-event period", "notice period", or "reminder period". (I can't think of a single-word term.)