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Time

tʌɪm

Time definitions
noun
time times
  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 continued progress of existence 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 New York 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"

    hour
    • a moment or definite portion of time allotted, used, or suitable for a purpose

      "the scheduled departure time"

    • the favourable or appropriate time to do something

      "it was time to go"

    • an indefinite period

      "travelling always distorts one's feelings for a time"

    • a portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances

      "Victorian times"

    • the conditions of life during a particular period

      "times have changed"

    • used in names of newspapers

      "the Oxford Times"

    • one's lifetime

      "I've known a lot of women in my time"

    • the successful, fortunate, or influential part of a person's life or career

      "in my time that was unheard of"

    • the appropriate or expected time for something, in particular childbirth or death

      "he seemed old before his time"

    • an apprenticeship

      "engineering officers traditionally served their time as fitters in the yards"

    • a period of menstruation or pregnancy
    • the normal rate of pay for time spent working

      "if called out at the weekend 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 moment at which the opening hours of a pub end

      "the landlord called time"

    • a moment at which play stops temporarily within a game

      "the umpire called time"

  3. time as allotted, available, or used

    "we need more time"

    • a prison sentence

      "he was doing time for fraud"

  4. an instance of something happening or being done; an occasion

    "this is the first time I have got into debt"

    • an event, occasion, or period experienced in a particular way

      "she was having a rough time of it"

  5. (following a number) expressing multiplication

    "eleven times four is forty-four"

  6. the rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature

    "tunes in waltz time"

    • the tempo at which a piece of music is played or marked to be played
verb
time timed times timing
  1. plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done

    "the first track race is timed for 11.15"

    • perform (an action) at a particular moment

      "Williams timed his pass perfectly from about thirty yards"

  2. measure the time taken by (a process, activity, etc., or a person doing it)

    "we were timed and given certificates according to our speed"

    measure put a stopwatch on meter count