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Noun: times `tImz- A more or less definite period of time now or previously present
"it was a sign of the times" - An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
"four times three equals twelve"
- multiplication
Noun: time tIm- An instance or single occasion for some event
"this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"
- clip - 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"
- clock time - The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- fourth dimension - Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn] - The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
"he is doing time in the county jail"
- prison term, sentence
Verb: time tIm- Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- clock - 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"
Sounds like: thymes Derived forms: timeses See also: antemeridian, postmeridian, temporal, timely, timer, timing Type of: adjust, arithmetic operation, attribute, case, correct, determine, dimension, example, experience, indication, influence, instance, instant, measure, meter reading, minute, mold [N. Amer], moment, mould [Brit, Cdn], period, period of time, quantify, reading, regulate, rhythmicity, schedule, second, set, shape, term, time period Encyclopedia: Time, Illinois Time, Inc Time, Incorporated Time Time, Be Still Time, IL Time, love, memory Time, place, and manner Time, place, or manner restrictions Time, Time Time, Love & Tenderness Time, Love and Tenderness Time, Norway Times |