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- DictionaryTime/tīm/
noun
- 1. the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole: "travel through space and time"
- ▪ the progress of time as affecting people and things: "things were getting better as time passed"
- ▪ time or an amount of time as reckoned by a conventional standard: "it's eight o'clock Eastern Standard Time"
- ▪ the personification of time, typically as an old man with a scythe and hourglass.
- 2. a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon: "the time is 9:30" Similar hourdated:o'clock
- ▪ a moment or definite portion of time allotted, used, or suitable for a purpose: "the scheduled departure time"
- ▪ the favorable or appropriate time to do something; the right moment: "it was time to go" Similar momentpointpoint in timeoccasionhourminutesecondinstantjuncturestagephase
- ▪ an indefinite period: "traveling always distorts one's feelings for a time" Similar whilespellstretchstintspanseasonintervalperiodperiod of timelength of timedurationrunspacephasestageterminformal:patch
- ▪ a more or less definite portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances: "Victorian times" Similar eraageepochperiodeonyearsdaysgenerationdate
- ▪ the conditions of life during a particular period: "times have changed" Similar situationstate of affairsexperiencelifeway of lifeconditionscircumstancesaffairssurroundingsenvironmentcontextbackgroundambienceatmosphere
- ▪ used in names of newspapers: "The New York Times"
- ▪ one's lifetime: "I've known a lot of women in my time" Similar lifetimelifelife spanallotted spandaystime on earthexistencethreescore years and tenthis mortal coilinformal:born days
- ▪ the successful, fortunate, or influential part of a person's life or career: "in my time that was unheard of" Similar heydaydayhourprimebest days/yearsyouthvigorspringtimesalad daysmaturity
- ▪ the appropriate or expected time for something, in particular childbirth or death: "he seemed old before his time"
- ▪ an apprenticeship: "all of our foremen served their time on the loading dock"
- ▪ a period of menstruation or pregnancy. dated
- ▪ the normal rate of pay for time spent working: "if called out on weekends, they are paid time and a half"
- ▪ the length of time taken to run a race or complete an event or journey: "his time for the mile was 3:49.31"
- ▪ the end of the game: "he scored five minutes from time"
- ▪ (in sports) a moment at which play is stopped temporarily within a game, or the act of calling for this: "the umpire called time"
- 3. time as allotted, available, or used: "we need more time"
- ▪ a prison sentence: informal "he was doing time for fraud"
- 4. an instance of something happening or being done; an occasion: "this is the first time I have gotten into debt"
- ▪ an event, occasion, or period experienced in a particular way: "she was having a rough time of it" Similar situationstate of affairsexperiencelifeway of lifeconditionscircumstancesaffairssurroundingsenvironmentcontextbackgroundambienceatmosphere
- 5. (following a number) expressing multiplication: "five goes into fifteen three times"
- 6. the rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature: "tunes in waltz time" Similar rhythmtempobeatpulseflowmetermeasurecadencepatternaccentstress
- ▪ the tempo at which a piece of music is played or marked to be played.
verb
- 1. plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done: "the first track race is timed for 11:15" Similar schedulesetset uparrangeorganizefixfix upfix a time forbookline upslot inprearrangetimetablebillprogramplanslate
- ▪ perform (an action) at a particular moment: "Williams timed his pass perfectly from about thirty yards" Similar regulateadjustcalculatesetsynchronize
- 2. measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it): "we were timed and given certificates according to our speed" Similar measureput a stopwatch onmetercountinformal:clock
Word Origin Old Englishtīma, of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal senses. The earliest of the current verb senses (dating from late Middle English) is ‘do (something) at a particular moment’.
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