in time

Definitions

1. 1

   At or before the time assigned.

   • I would have died had I not been gottten to hospital in time.
2. 2

   Sufficiently early.

   • You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
   • But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.
3. 3

   As time passes.

   • In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
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   1. 4

      In rhythm.

      • Am I in time (to/with the music)?
   2. 5

      At the same rhythm as.

      • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
   3. 6

      In the correct tempo.

   4. 7

      Synonym of inpoint.

   5. 8

      The time when pupils are expected to re-enter the school for lessons.

The neighborhood

• antonymbehind timeantonym(s) of “at or before the time assigned”
• antonymlateantonym(s) of “at or before the time assigned”
• antonymtoo lateantonym(s) of “sufficiently early (for)”
• antonymall at onceantonym(s) of “as time passes”
• antonymneverantonym(s) of “as time passes”