time

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

   • Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
   • Time is the fire in which we burn.
2. 2

   A duration of time.

   • More time is needed to complete the project.
   • You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
   • Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
3. 3

   An instant of time.

   • Excuse me, have you got the time?
   • What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?
   • A computer keeps time using a clock battery.
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   1. 4

      The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

      • Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
   2. 5

      A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').

      • Your car runs three times faster than mine.
      • That is four times as heavy as this.
      • Canton is the regional primate city of Kuangtung. Its population of three million is ten times that of the second largest city, Shant'ou.
   3. 6

      The measured duration of sounds.

      • dance time; march time
   4. 7

      Synonym of tense

      • the time of a verb
      • Though we have, in the notes under the thirteenth rule of the Grammar, explained in general the principles, on which the time of a verb in the infinitive mood may be ascertained, and its form determined;[…]
      • The participles of the future time active, and perfect passive, when joined with the verb esse, were sometimes used as indeclinable;[…]
   5. 8

      Clipping of a long time.

      • I used to pay for things but that was time ago.
      • Ats' mum is looking for him, says he ain't been back in time
      • INCHEZ:Man this is long! We've been in here for time!
   6. 9

      To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

      • I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
   7. 10

      To choose when something commences or its duration.

      • The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
      • The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
      • There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
   8. 11

      To keep or beat time

      To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

      • With oar strokes timing to their song.
   9. 12

      To pass time

      To pass time; to delay.

   10. 13

       To regulate as to time

       To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

       • Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
       • He was a thing of blood, whose every motion / Was timed with dying cries.
   11. 14

       To measure, as in music or harmony.

   12. 15

       Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

   13. 16

       The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

   14. 17

       A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more…

       A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

       • Time gentlemen please!

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• synonymtime
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• neighborera
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• neighborseason
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