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   time

   /tʌɪm/

   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 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" Similar hourdated:o'clock
   • ▪ 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" Similar momentpointpoint in timeoccasionhourminutesecondinstantjuncturestagephase
   • ▪ an indefinite period: "travelling always distorts one's feelings for a time" Similar whilespellstretchstintspanseasonintervalperiodperiod of timelength of timedurationrunspacephasestageterminformal:patch
   • ▪ a portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances: "Victorian times" Similar eraageepochperiodaeonyearsdaysgenerationdate
   • ▪ the conditions of life during a particular period: "times have changed" Similar situationstate of affairsexperiencelifeway of lifeconditionscircumstancesaffairssurroundingsenvironmentcontextbackgroundambienceatmosphere
   • ▪ used in names of newspapers: "the Oxford 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/yearsyouthvigourspringtimesalad daysmaturity
   • ▪ 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. dated
   • ▪ 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: British "the landlord called time"
   • ▪ short for full 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: 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 got 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: "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" Similar rhythmtempobeatpulseflowmetremeasurecadencepatternaccentstress
   • ▪ 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 inprearrangetimetablebillprogrammeplanslate
   • ▪ 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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