time

Plural: times

Noun

• an instance or single occasion for some event
  • "this time he succeeded"
  • "he called four times"
• a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
  • "take time to smell the roses"
  • "I didn't have time to finish"
  • "it took more than half my time"
• an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
  • "he waited a long time"
  • "the time of year for planting"
  • "he was a great actor in his time"
• a suitable moment
  • "it is time to go"
• the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
• a person's experience on a particular occasion
  • "he had a time holding back the tears"
  • "they had a good time together"
• a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
  • "do you know what time it is?"
  • "the time is 10 o'clock"
• the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
• rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
• the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
  • "he is doing time in the county jail"
• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
• A duration of time.
• A quantity of availability of duration.
• A duration of time.
• A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
• A duration of time.
• The serving of a prison sentence.
• A duration of time.
• An experience.
• A duration of time.
• An era; (with the, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
• A duration of time.
• A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
• A duration of time.
• Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
• An instant of time.
• The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
• An instant of time.
• A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
• An instant of time.
• A numerical indication of a particular moment.
• An instant of time.
• An instance or occurrence.
• An instant of time.
• Closing time.
• An instant of time.
• The hour of childbirth.
• An instant of time.
• The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
• The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
• A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
• The measured duration of sounds.
• The measured duration of sounds.
• Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
• The measured duration of sounds.
• Rhythmical division, meter.
• The measured duration of sounds.
• (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
• A tense.
• Clipping of a long time.

Verb

Verb Forms: timed, timing, times

• To measure or record the duration or speed of an event or action.
• measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
• assign a time for an activity or event
  • "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
• set the speed, duration, or execution of
  • "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
• regulate or set the time of
  • "time the clock"
• adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
  • "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
• To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
• To choose when something commences or its duration.
• To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
• To pass time; to delay.
• To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
• To measure, as in music or harmony.

Intj

• Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
• The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
• A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Examples

• a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other competitors. The algorithm runs in O(n²) time.
• After the introduction, the drummer is to play time.
• An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
• at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones
• Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
• common or triple time; time signature
• dance time; march time
• Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery.
• He knew he had to TIME his final play perfectly to secure the Scrabble victory.
• I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
• In my time, we respected our elders.
• it’s time for (you to go to) bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going
• Last call: it's almost time.
• Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
• More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
• Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
• Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs; how things were at that time; how things were in those times
• see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
• The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
• The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time.
• The musician keeps good time.
• The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
• the time of a verb
• They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?
• Time flies when you're having fun.
• Time gentlemen please!
• Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
• Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
• We had a wonderful time at the party.
• When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
• your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this

Synonyms

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