times

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   plural of time

   • It's been ten times more difficult than expected.
2. 2

   The circumstances of a certain time.

   • Modern times are so very different from the past.
   • The city called Fan-yang in Eastern Han times can be identified with the present village of Ch’u-wang (Nei-huang County, Honan Province).
3. 3

   A person's experiences or biography.

   • The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
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   1. 4

      Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time').

      • Four times five is/are twenty
      • One times one is one.
   2. 5

      third-person singular simple present indicative of time

   3. 6

      To multiply.

      • I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^([sic]) the answer was 2460 calories...
      • A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […]
      • Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.
   4. 7

      A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially The Times…

      A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially The Times (published in the United Kingdom), but also The New York Times, The Times of India, Radio Times, etc.

      • Mr. Campion seated himself in the client’s chair and crossed his long legs. His hat, his gloves and his folded Times newspaper he held upon his knee.
   5. 8

      A surname.

The neighborhood