Time

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English

Etymology

Old English tīma.

Pronunciation

• AHD: tīm
• IPA: /taɪm/
• SAMPA: /taIm/

Homophones

• thyme

Noun

Time (countable and uncountable; plural Times)

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The inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.

1. Time stops for nobody.

   the ebb and flow of time

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A quantity of availability in time.

1. 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!

   Our instructor didn't give us enough time to complete the test.

   The two of us can never find time to see each other any more.

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A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time.

1. Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.

   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.

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   The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.

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The time of day; the moment in time, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

1. 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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The measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time.

1. Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

   Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.

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A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.

1. At what times do the trains arrive?

   These times were erroneously converted between zones.

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An instance or occurrence.

1. When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.

   See you another time.

   That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.

   Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!

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A particular occasion.

1. It’s time for bed. It’s time to sleep.

   Ready for our performance? It’s time! Here we go!

Translations

inevitable passing of events

the serving of a prison sentence

quantity of availability in time

moment indicated by a clock

particular occasion

Translations to be categorized

• Amuzgo: bio
• Arabic: زمن (zaman), وقت (waqt) m., عهد (ʕahd) m., عصر (ʕaʂr) m.
• Breton: amzer f.
• Bulgarian: време (vréme) n., час (čas) m.
• Catalan: temps m.
• Chinese: 时间, 時間 (shíjiān)
• Czech: čas m.
• Dutch: tijd m.
• Esperanto: tempo
• French: temps m.
• Frisian: tiid
• Georgian: დრო (dro)
• German: Zeit f.
• Guaraní: ára
• Hebrew: זמן (zemán) f.
• Hungarian: idő
• Ido: tempo, kloko, okaziono
• Indonesian: waktu
• Interlingua: tempore
• Italian: tempo m., volta
• Kurdish:

Kurmanji: dem, wext, zeman

Sorani: kat

• Latin: tempus n.
• Novial: tempe
• Romanian: timp n., vreme f.
• Russian: время (vrémja) n., час (čas) m.
• Slovene: čas m.
• Tupinambá: 'ara
• Turkish: zaman
• Volapük: tim, tüp

Quoations

• 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records

  Doesn’t help to know you're just time away

• 1976, Roger Zelazny, The Hand Of Oberon, p. 63

  What other? Time to destroy the world, of course!

Verb

to time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past timed, past participle timed)

1. To measure time, especially using a clock of some kind.
2. To choose the time for.

   The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Superbowl.

   The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Synonyms

• (to measure time): clock
• (to choose the time for): set for

Translations

to measure time

to choose the time for

Translations to be categorized

• Esperanto: kronometri, registri la daŭron de
• German: die Zeit nehmen (1),die Zeit stoppen (1), die Zeit messen (1), den Zeitpunkt wählen (2), timen (2)
• Interlingua: chronometrar
• Vietnamese: thoi gian

Derived terms

Related terms

• temporal

See also

• century
• day
• decade
• hour
• minute
• month
• second
• week
• year

Anagrams

• emit
• item
• mite

Norwegian

Noun

Time m. (definite singular timen; indefinite plural timer; definite plural timene)

1. hourang:time

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