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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English tīma.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Aus) IPA: /toɪm/
•  Audio (AUS)^{help, file}
• (Canada, US) enPR: tīm, IPA: /taɪ̯m/, SAMPA: /taIm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -aɪm

• Homophones: thyme

[edit] Noun

time (countable and uncountable; plural times)

1. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.

   Time stops for nobody.

   the ebb and flow of time

2. (uncountable) A quantity of availability in 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!

   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.

3. (countable) A measurement of a quantity in time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

   Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.

   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.

   The algorithm runs in O(n²) time.

4. (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.

   The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.

   He is not living at home because he is doing time.

5. (uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

   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.

6. (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (esp. with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

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

   We must wait for the right time.

   It's time we were going.

7. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

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

   Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.

8. (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.

   At what times do the trains arrive?

   These times were erroneously converted between zones.

9. (countable) An instance or occurrence.

   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!

10. (countable) An experience.

    We had a wonderful time at the party.

11. (countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

    Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs.

    The time is out of joint... (Hamlet)

    O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)

12. (uncountable) (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

    In my time, we respected our elders.

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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• counter-time
• untime

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. To measure seconds, hours etc passed, especially using a clock of some kind.
2. To choose how long something lasts.

   The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

• mistime
• overtime
• over-time
• retime
• timeable
• timed
• time it out
• time out
• timer
• timing

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• emit
• item
• mite

[edit] See also

• temporal
• Time-ese
• Timese

[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

time c. (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)

1. hour
2. lesson, class

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time (imperative time, infinitive at time, present tense timer, past tense timede, past participle har timet)

1. time

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

tim- + -e

[edit] Adverb

time

1. fearfully

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

1. hour
2. lesson, class

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[edit] Noun

time m. (plural times)

1. a team

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time (infinitive: timar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of timar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of timar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of timar.