time
Nouns
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(n) an instance or single occasion for some event
- this time he succeeded
- he called four times
- he could do ten at a clip
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) a suitable moment
- it is time to go
- (n) the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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(n) a person's experience on a particular occasion
- he had a time holding back the tears
- they had a good time together
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(n) 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
- (n) the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event fourth dimension,
- (n) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration metre, meter,
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(n) the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- he served a prison term of 15 months
- his sentence was 5 to 10 years
- he is doing time in the county jail
Verbs
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(v) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- he clocked the runners
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(v) assign a time for an activity or event
- The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
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(v) set the speed, duration, or execution of
- we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
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(v) regulate or set the time of
- time the clock
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(v) 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
Synonyms
clock clip clock time fourth dimension metre meter prison term sentenceWords of close approximity
tick
tide
tidy
tied
tier
tiff
tike
tile
till
tilt
tine
ting
tink
tint
tiny
tipi
tipu
tire
tiro
titi
Tito
time and again
time and a half
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time and time again
time-ball
time being
time bill
time bomb
time capsule
timecard
time clock
time constant
time-consuming
timed
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system
time deposit
time deposit account
time draft
time exposure
time frame
time-fuse
time-honored
time-honoured
time immemorial
time interval
timekeeper
timekeeping
time lag
timeless
timeless existence
timelessness
time limit
timeline
timeliness
time loan
timely
time machine
time-motion study
time note
time of arrival
time of day
time of departure
time off
time of life
time of origin
time of year
time out
time-out
time out of mind
time period
timepiece
time plan
timer
time-release
times
time scale
time-scale factor
time series
timeserver
timeserving
time sharing
time sheet
time signal
time signature
time slot
Times Square
time study
time-switch
timetable
time-tested
time to come
time unit
time value
timework
timeworn
time zone