time

See also: Appendix:Variations of "time"

English

Alternative forms

• tyme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus.

Cognates

• Scots tym, tyme (“time”)
• Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”)
• Danish time (“hour, lesson”)
• Elfdalian taime (“hour”)
• Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”)
• Icelandic tími (“time, season”)
• Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”)
• Swedish timma, timme (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tīm, IPA^(key): /taɪm/, [tʰaɪ̯m]

• Audio (General American):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tɑɪm/, [tʰɑe̯m]
• (Local Dublin) IPA^(key): /təɪm/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /taɪm/
  • (Dialectal) IPA^(key): /tʌɪm/, [təi̯m]
• Homophone: thyme (most accents)
• Rhymes: -aɪm

Noun

time (countable and uncountable, plural times)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:time

   Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time

   • 1937, Delmore Schwartz, Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day‎^[2]:

     Time is the fire in which we burn.

   • 2023 May 26, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 0:40 from the start, in Zelenskyy surprises the Johns Hopkins commencement ceremony‎^[3], MSNBC, archived from the original on 26 May 2023:

     One of the most common truisms on Earth is the advice to value or at least not waste time. Why has it become so widespread? Every person eventually realizes that time is the most valuable resource on the planet. Not oil or uranium. Not lithium or anything else, but time. Time. The very flow of time convinces us of this. Some people realize this sooner, and these are the lucky ones. Others realize it too late when they lose someone or something. People cannot avoid it, this is just a matter of time. But there is a fundamental difference that comes down to the question of time. The time of your life is under your control. The time of life of our force on the front line, the time of life of all Ukrainians who are forced to live through this terrible Russian aggression unfortunately is subject to many factors that are not all in their control. I do not wish anyone to feel like they are in my shoes, and it's impossible to give a manual on how to go through life so as not to waste time. However, one piece of advice always works. You have to know exactly why you need today and how you want your tomorrows to look like.

   1. (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.

      Time flies when you're having fun.

   2. (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

      Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

      • 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 31:

        So long as I travelled at a high velocity through time, this scarcely mattered; I was, so to speak, attenuated – was slipping like a vapour through the interstices of intervening substances!

      • 1999, Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, W. W. Norton & Company, published 2010, →ISBN, page 204:

        We all have a visceral understanding of what it means for the universe to have multiple space dimensions, since we live in a world in which we constantly deal with a plurality — three. But what would it mean to have multiple times? Would one align with time as we presently experience it psychologically while the other would somehow be "different"?

   3. (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

      Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.

      • 1992, Roger Highfield, Peter Coveney, Arrow of Time, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 179:

        Given the connection between increasing entropy and the arrow of time, does the Big Crunch mean that time would run backwards as soon as collapse began?

      • 2012, Robert Zwilling, Natural Sciences and Human Thought, Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 80:

        Eventually time would also die because no processes would continue, no light would flow.

   4. (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

      An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.

3. A duration of time.
   1. (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.

      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!

      • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎^[4], London, page 7:

        During the whole time of his abode in the Univerſity he generally ſpent 13 hours of the day in Study ; […]

      • 2021, Lisa Miller, chapter 2, in The Awakened Brain, →ISBN, page 37:

        The teacher greeted us and moved methodically through the room, placing an object on each student's desk. It was a thin book―a spiral-bound planner. She strode to the front of the room. "If you want to succeed," she said, her syllables clear and careful, "you must learn to manage your time."

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

      a long time

      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.

      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1:

        I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

      • 1938, Richard Hughes, In Hazard‎^[5], London: Chatto & Windus, page 248:

        The shock of the water, of course, woke him, and he swam for quite a time.

   3. (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.

      • 1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 64:

        Arrested on duty at Fort Richardson, both parents had worked hard at blaming the other for their son’s death, but Kate’s meticulous recording of the detail of the bruising found on the child’s body and the physical evidence surrounding the scene, plus patient, painstaking interviews with neighbors above and below stairs had resulted in time for both.

      • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], chapter 108, in Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, "Ain’t gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time."/mode/1up pages "Ain’t gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time.":
   4. (countable) An experience.

      We had a wonderful time at the party.

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

      Roman times

      the time of the dinosaurs

      That’s the way things were in those times.

      • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], page 259, column 1:

        The time is out of ioynt: O curſed ſpight,
        That euer I was borne to ſet it right.

      • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (science fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:

        Dr. Manuel: You're wasting your time. The age of humanity is over. Our extinction is inevitable.[...]
        Shepard: I don't have time for this.
        Dr. Manuel: Time? Our time is over.

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

      In my time, we respected our elders.

   8. (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
4. An instant of time.
   1. (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that 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.

      They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?

      • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children’s brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

        Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

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

      it’s time for (you to go to) bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  it's time we were going

      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

        The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

      • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

        It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime.

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

      At what times do the trains arrive?

      These times were erroneously converted between zones

   5. (countable) An instance or occurrence.

      Synonyms: instant, juncture; see also Thesaurus:point in time

      one more time

      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!

      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 15:

        Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

   6. (UK, in public houses) Closing time.

      Last call: it's almost time.

   7. The hour of childbirth.
      • 1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, book VIII, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, page 370:

        […] came well to Exeter; where ſhe intended to ſtay, till ſhe was deliver’d; for ſhe was within little more than one Month of her time; […]

   8. (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

      It was his time.

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

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

6. (countable) 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.

   • 1980, James Chan, “Modern Manufacturing Industries in Kuangtung”, in C. K. Leung, Norton Ginsburg, editors, China: Urbanization and National Development‎^[6], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 220:

     Canton is the regional primate city of Kuangtung. Its population of three million is ten times that of the second largest city, Shant'ou.

7. (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.

   (dated) dance time;   march time (see usage notes)

   2. (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

      The musician keeps good time.

      • 1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

        some few lines set unto a solemn time

   4. (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.

      common or triple time;   time signature

   5. (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.

      After the introduction, the drummer is to play time.

8. (grammar, obsolete) Synonym of tense

   the time of a verb

   • 1823, Lindley Murray, Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray’s English Grammar, Fortland, page 53f:

     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; […]

   • 1829, Benjamin A. Gould, Adam’s Latin Grammar, Boston, page 153:

     The participles of the future time active, and perfect passive, when joined with the verb esse, were sometimes used as indeclinable; […]

9. (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
   • 2019 September 15, “Wiley Flow” (track 12), in Heavy Is The Head‎^[7], performed by Stormzy:

     I used to pay for things but that was time ago.

   • 2022 March 18, Ronan Bennett, Gerry Jackson, Tyrone Rashard, Sagirah Gammon, 00:38:33 from the start, in Brady Hood, director, Top Boy(Good Morals) (4), episode 1 (TV), spoken by girl called B:

     Ats' mum is looking for him, says he ain't been back in time

   • 2023 January 15, Layton Williams, 12:51 from the start, in Freddy Syborn, director, Bad Education(Prison) (4), episode 3 (TV), spoken by Inchez (Anthony J. Abraham):

     INCHEZ:Man this is long! We've been in here for time!

   Synonyms: ages, long

Usage notes

• For the number of occurrences and the ratio of comparison, once and twice are typically used instead of one time and two times. Thrice is uncommon in American English and British English but is still common in Asian English, for example in India, Singapore, and Malaysia.
• (music): The distinction between time as tempo (noun sense 6.1) and time as meter (noun sense 6.2) is relatively modern. The dated expression "march time" refers equally to the tempo of a march as it does to the use of 2/4 or 4/4 meter.
• Ratio usage with comparatives, such as "you earn three times more than me", though common, is strictly illogical. More correctly: "you earn three times as much as me".

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of time (proper names)

• African time
• Alaska-Hawaii Time
• Alaska Standard Time
• Alaska time
• Amsterdam Time
• Apostolic Times
• ASEAN Common Time
• Atlantic Daylight Time
• Atlantic Standard Time
• Atlantic Time
• Australian Central Daylight Time
• Australian Eastern Daylight Time
• Australian Eastern Standard Time
• Barycentric Coordinate Time
• Bering Time
• Berlin Time
• Bhutan Time
• Bombay Time
• Borneo Time
• Buck Rogers time
• Calcutta Time
• Cape Verde Time
• Caribbean time
• Central Africa Time
• Central Daylight Time
• Central European Midsummer Time
• Central European Time
• Central Europe Time
• Central Standard Time
• Central Time
• Chatham Daylight Time
• Christmas time
• Christmas-time
• Colored People's Time
• Coordinated Universal Time
• CP Time
• Dutch Time
• East Africa Time
• Eastern Daylight Time
• Eastern European Time
• Eastern Standard Time
• Eastern Time
• Father Time
• First Happy Time
• French Revolutionary Time
• Geocentric Coordinate Time
• Greenwich Mean Time
• Greenwich Time
• Hadean time
• Happy Time
• Hawaii-Aleutian Time
• Hawaii Time
• Hong Kong Time
• Honolulu Time
• Hubble time
• International Atomic Time
• International Time Bureau
• Israel Daylight Time
• Japan Standard Time
• Joda-Time
• Krasnoyarsk Time
• Madras Time
• Main Standard Time
• Mauritius Time
• Maxwell time
• Maytime
• Middle Eastern Time
• Middle European Time
• Moscow Time
• Mountain Daylight Time
• Mountain Standard Time
• Mountain Time
• Nepal Standard Time
• Newtonian time
• New Zealand Daylight Time
• Novosibirsk Time
• Old Father Time
• Omsk Time
• Operation Market Time
• Ordinary Time
• Pacific Daylight Time
• Pacific Standard Time
• Pacific Time
• Philippine Time
• POSIX time
• Samoa Standard Time
• Sandringham time
• Second Happy Time
• Seychelles Time
• Spacecraft Event Time
• Sri Lanka Standard Time
• Standard Zone Time
• Starving Time
• Swatch Internet Time
• Terrestrial Dynamical Time
• Terrestrial Time
• Tipper and See-Saw Time
• Universal Time
• Unix time
• Uzbekistan Time
• Washington Mean Time
• Washington Meridian Time
• West Africa Time
• Western European Time
• Yukon Time
• Zulu time

Other hyponyms of time

• absolute time
• access time
• Achilles tendon reflex time
• acquisition feeding time
• acquisition time
• activated clotting time
• activated partial thromboplastin time
• active braking time
• actual flying time
• added time
• adjusted flow time
• administrative lead time
• advanced time
• A-H conduction time
• air time
• airtime
• amortized constant time
• APEX time
• apparent time
• APTIME
• arrival time
• assembly time
• association time
• astronomical time
• atomic time
• attack time
• average access time
• average seek time
• background radiation equivalent time
• back time
• bathtime
• bath time
• bedtime
• benting time
• between-time
• binding time
• biological time
• biologic time
• birth time
• bit time
• black people's time
• bleeding time
• blend time
• blocktime
• block time
• blood circulation time
• boot time
• borrowed time
• bottom time
• bowel transit time
• braking time
• break-even time
• breakfast-time
• breaktime
• breathing time
• call time
• chair time
• characteristic time
• check-in time
• check-out time
• chip time
• chowtime
• chow time
• Christmas time
• chromoscopy time
• chucking-out time
• circle time
• circulation time
• civilian time
• civil time
• classtime
• clearance time
• clock time
• clocktime
• closed assembly time
• close time
• closing time
• clot retraction time
• clotting time
• coagulation time
• cock-shut-time
• coding time
• coherence time
• collision time
• colonic transit time
• command processing overhead time
• common time
• company time
• compensatory time
• compile time
• compile-time
• compound common time
• compound time
• comp time
• computation time
• concentration time
• conditioning time
• conduction time
• confinement time
• conformal time
• connect time
• constant time
• contact time
• continental time
• contract time
• controlled variable time
• convective mixing time
• cooking time
• cooling time
• coordinate time
• core time
• corner time
• corrected time
• cosmic time
• coyote time
• CPU time
• crossing time
• crunch time
• cubic time
• cucumber time
• cure time
• curing time
• curtain time
• cut-off time
• cut time
• cycle time
• dance-time
• daylight-savings time
• daylight-saving time
• daylight saving time
• daylight time
• daytime
• dead time
• decay time
• decimal reduction time
• decimal time
• decoherence time
• decorrelation time
• decree time
• deep time
• deferred time
• delay time
• departure time
• detention time
• dextrinization time
• dextrinizing time
• dial-in time
• dilute Russell's viper venom time
• dining time
• dinner time
• dinnertime
• discrete-time signal
• disinfectant time
• disk access time
• docky time
• do time
• double summer time
• downtime
• down time
• Dreamtime
• drinking-up time
• drive time
• driving time
• drying time
• DTIME
• duple time
• dwell time
• dynamical time
• earliest anticipated launch time
• early time
• ecarin clotting time
• echo time
• elapsed flying time
• elapsed time
• Elon time
• energy confinement time
• energy payback time
• energy replacement time
• engaged time
• ephemeris time
• equal time
• equilibrium time
• equinoctial time
• estimated time of arrival
• euglobulin clot lysis time
• euglobulin lysis time
• event time
• execution time
• exit time
• expiration time
• exponential time
• exposure time
• EXPTIME
• extended playing time
• extra time
• face time
• facility time
• fade time
• fading time
• fall time
• fence time
• Fermat's principle of least time
• final setting time
• find time
• first exit time
• first hit time
• first-passage time
• first passage time
• first return time
• first time
• flash-to-bang time
• flat time
• flexible time
• flexitime
• flight time
• floodtime
• floortime
• flushing time
• forced expiratory time
• forecast lead time
• foretime
• formation exposure time
• four-four time
• frame-alignment recovery time
• frame time
• free-fall time
• free time
• fringe time
• fruit-time
• full stroke seek time
• full time
• fully automatic time
• functioning time
• gain time
• game time
• garbage time
• gate time
• gelation time
• generation time
• geological time
• geologic time
• glide time
• golden time
• good time
• grass time
• green time
• gun time
• gust decay time
• gust formation time
• half-relaxation time
• half-time
• handling time
• hang time
• hard time
• harvest time
• haying time
• heaking-time
• heat time
• hexadecimal time
• high time
• hitting time
• holding time
• hold time
• holiday-time
• HV conduction time
• hydraulic retention time
• hypertime
• icetime
• ice time
• idle time
• imaginary time
• imperfect time
• improper time
• incubation time
• initial setting time
• injury time
• insertion time
• instruction time
• integration time
• intermediate time
• interrupting time
• interval time
• interval transit time
• intra-atrial conduction time
• intravaginal ejaculation latency time
• isovolumic relaxation time
• jucking time
• juking time
• junk time
• kaolin-cephalin clotting time
• kaolin clotting time
• killing time
• kipper time
• lag time
• lake retention time
• land before time
• laptime
• last time
• latency time
• latent time
• launch-time
• laytime
• lead time
• left ventricular ejection time
• leisure time
• lethal time
• lifetime
• lighting-up time
• light time
• linear time
• link time
• lived time
• live time
• load time
• local mean sidereal time
• local sidereal time
• local solar time
• local time
• lock time
• loiter time
• longitudinal relaxation time
• lookahead time
• lookback time
• lost to time
• lunchtime
• lunch-time
• magnetic local time
• march-time
• mark time
• maximum holding time
• maximum seek time
• mealtime
• mean free time
• mean hitting time
• mean sidereal time
• mean solar time
• mean survival time
• mean time
• median effective time
• median lethal time
• median survival time
• metric time
• midtime
• military time
• minimum connecting time
• minimum seek time
• missing time
• mixing time
• modern times
• morning time
• musical time
• naptime
• near real-time
• needle time
• network option time
• network time
• Network Time Protocol
• NEXPTIME
• next time
• nick-time
• night time
• nighttime
• non-Archimedean time
• nondeterministic polynomial time
• nonuniform polynomial time
• noontime
• normal time
• NP time
• NTIME
• occurrence time
• offset time
• off time
• ofttimes
• olden time
• olden times
• olde tyme
• old time
• old-time music
• old tyme
• one-stage prothrombin time
• onetime
• one-way light time
• one-way time
• open assembly time
• opening time
• open time
• operating time
• P-A conduction time
• pairing time
• parrot and monkey time
• partial thromboplastin time
• pastime
• past-time
• peace-time
• peacetime
• pea-time
• perfect time
• personal time
• pessimistic time
• P-H conduction time
• physiological time
• place-manner-time
• Planck time
• playing time
• playtime
• please-time
• Poincaré recurrence time
• polarisation time
• polarization time
• polynomial time
• positioning time
• POSIX time
• post time
• pressed for time
• press time
• primary time
• prime time
• principle of least time
• processing time
• processor time
• process time
• procurement lead time
• propagation time
• proper time
• prothrombin time
• pro time
• pseudo-polynomial time
• pseudotime
• psychophysical time
• pudding time
• pulse decay time
• pulse repetition time
• pumping time
• push time
• quadratic time
• quadruple time
• quality time
• quarter time
• Question Time
• Quick's prothrombin time
• quick time
• quiesce time
• quintuple time
• quitting time
• quitting-time
• rack time
• ragtime
• railway time
• randomized polynomial time
• reaction time
• real time
• realtime
• real-world time
• reap-time
• reasonable time
• recalcification time
• receiving time
• recoat time
• recognition time
• recovery time
• recurrence time
• recycle time
• recycling time
• redeem the time
• red time
• reduced time
• reference time
• reframing time
• regulation time
• relative time
• relaxation time
• released time
• release time
• repetition time
• reptilase time
• residence time
• response time
• retarded time
• retention time
• return time
• reverberation time
• revisit time
• riding time
• ring-time
• rise time
• rotation time
• round-trip delay time
• round-trip light time
• round-trip time
• running time
• runtime
• Russell's viper venom clotting time
• Russell's viper venom time
• rustle time
• rutey time
• sack time
• sandwich time
• schooltime
• screen time
• seating time
• seat time
• sedimentation time
• seedtime
• seek time
• sensation time
• setting time
• settling time
• setup time
• sexy time
• shepster time
• shop time
• shortening time
• shortest remaining time
• short time
• short-time
• show time
• shriving-time
• sideral time
• sidereal time
• simple quadruple time
• simple time
• single time
• sinoatrial conduction time
• sinoatrial recovery time
• slot time
• slowing-down time
• slow time
• socially necessary labour time
• sojourn time
• solar time
• some time
• spare time
• speech time
• spin-lattice relaxation time
• spin-spin relaxation time
• split-time
• springtime
• spring-time
• squeaky bum time
• standard time
• standby time
• starting time
• start time
• startup time
• station time
• stay time
• step time
• stick time
• stimulus-response time
• stoppage time
• stopping time
• stop-time
• storage time
• story time
• straight time
• Stypven time
• subjective time
• subquadratic time
• sugartime
• summer time
• summertime
• suppertime
• survival time
• synodic time
• system time
• T1 relaxation time
• T2 relaxation time
• tact time
• takt time
• talk time
• tax time
• teatime
• tee time
• tell time
• term time
• that time of the month
• thermal death time
• thermal relaxation time
• thickening time
• think time
• three-four time
• three-quarter time
• thrombin clotting time
• thrombin time
• till time
• time added on
• time cross section
• time in
• time of flight
• time on
• time-reverse
• time section
• time under tension
• tissue thromboplastin inhibition time
• total running time
• total story time
• track-to-track seek time
• train time
• transaction time
• transition time
• transmission time
• transtime
• transverse relaxation time
• traveltime
• travel time
• triple time
• true time
• tummy time
• tunneling time
• tunnelling time
• turnaround time
• turn-off time
• turn-on time
• two-four time
• two-part time
• two-time
• two-way traveltime
• undern-time
• under-time
• undertime
• unproductive time
• uptime
• user time
• utilisation time
• utilization time
• valid time
• vampire time
• vintage time
• voice onset time
• waiting time
• wait time
• waketime
• wall-clock time
• wall time
• wartime
• waste time
• wet edge time
• whole-blood coagulation time
• wholetime
• wikitime
• windshield time
• winter-time
• wintertime
• word time
• working time
• zone time
• zonetime
• Z time

Derived terms

some of these may be hyponyms

• 4/4 time
• about time
• active time battle
• additional time
• administration of the fulness of times
• adverbial of time
• aforetime
• aftertime
• against time
• a-h conduction time
• ahead of one's time
• ahead of time
• all in good time
• all the time
• all-time
• a long time coming
• ancient times
• anight
• a-nightertime
• antitime
• any time
• anytime
• any time now
• any time soon
• army time
• arrow of time
• as old as time itself
• as time goes by
• as times go
• a stitch in time saves nine
• at all times
• at a time
• at church every time the doors are open
• at church every time the doors swing open
• at no time
• at odd times
• at one time
• at one time or another
• at that time
• at the best of times
• at the same time
• at the time
• at this moment in time
• at this point in time
• at times
• at times and again
• autumntime
• backtime
• bairn-time
• beamtime
• beat someone's time
• beat time
• before someone's time
• before the ink had time to dry
• beforetime
• before times
• behind its time
• behind the times
• behind time
• betime
• better luck next time
• better one word in time than two afterwards
• better to be late than be dead on time
• between time
• betweentimes
• between times
• bide one's time
• bid one's time
• bigtime
• big-time
• big time
• birth time
• birthtime
• bleeding time test
• blocktime
• boomtime
• boxing time
• break time
• broken time
• brunchtime
• bullet time
• burning times
• burn time
• buy some time
• buy time
• by a time
• by the time
• bytime
• childtime
• Christmastime
• closed time loop
• close one's eyes for the last time
• closing time effect
• cockshut time
• coffeetime
• comedy equals tragedy plus time
• come to time
• Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
• compile-time
• concentration-time curve
• continuous time
• Copernican time principle
• counter-time
• countertime
• cutoff time
• dancetime
• dance-time
• datetime
• date-time
• dawn of time
• dawntime
• deadtime
• deathtime
• delivery time
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• desperate times require desperate measures
• dining time
• discrete-time
• discrete time
• discrete-time Markov chain
• dispensation of the fulness of times
• do one's own time
• doper time
• dope time
• double time
• doubletime
• doubling time
• downtime
• drastic times call for drastic measures
• drivetime
• dusktime
• Eastertime
• eat an elephant one bite at a time
• effluxion of time
• eigentime
• elapsed real time
• endtime
• end times
• end-times
• equation of time
• equitime
• estimated time of departure
• estimated time of restoration
• every single time
• every time
• every time one farts
• every time one turns around
• evetime
• fairtime
• fall on hard times
• fall-time
• Fiji time
• Filipino time
• finish time
• first-time
• flexitime
• flexi time
• flex-time
• floodtime
• floortime
• flowtime
• flytime
• footprints on the sands of time
• for all time
• for a time
• foretime
• formation exposure time
• former times
• for old time's sake
• for so long a time
• for some time
• for the last time
• for the longest time
• for the time
• for the time being
• for time
• fractal response time
• from that time on
• from this time on
• from time to time
• fruit-time
• fullness of time
• full-time
• fulness of time
• game-time decision
• gay old time
• get with the times
• given time
• give somebody time
• give someone a hard time
• give someone the time
• give someone time
• give the time of day
• go back in time
• good old times
• good-time
• good time coming
• Greenwich Time Signal
• gross time
• handle time
• hangtime
• haole time
• hard real-time
• hard-times token
• have a bad time of it
• have a good time
• have a good time of it
• have a hard time
• have a hard time of it
• have a lot of time
• have a lot of time for
• have an easy time of it
• have a poor time of it
• have a rough time of it
• have a thin time of it
• have a time
• have a time of it
• have a whale of a time
• have little time for
• have no time for
• have one more time
• have the right time
• have the time
• have time
• have time on one's hands
• have time on one's side
• have you got the time
• Hawaiian time
• haytime
• heretoforetime
• high old time
• high-time
• hit the big time
• holiday-time
• holiday time
• hometime
• I can't remember the last time
• icetime
• if I had a nickel for every time
• in between times
• in church every time the doors are open
• Indian time
• in due time
• in good time
• in jig time
• in less than no time
• in no time
• in one's own good time
• in one's own time
• in one's time
• in record time
• in someone's time
• interval of time
• in the course of time
• in the interest of time
• in the nick of time
• in the old times
• in the right place at the right time
• in the wrong place at the wrong time
• in time
• in times
• into time
• island time
• is that the time
• it's about time
• it's a matter of time
• it's a question of time
• it's only a matter of time
• it's only a question of time
• jailtime
• Jamaican time
• Jewish Standard time
• just in time
• keep good time
• keep time
• keep up with the times
• Kenyan time
• kill-time
• kill time
• knock someone out of time
• lagtime
• last-time
• last time I checked
• Latin time
• launch time
• lead time
• leavetime
• legend in one's own time
• less than no time
• let the good times roll
• like the new time
• linear time-invariant
• linear time-varying
• link time
• local mean time
• lock time
• lock-time
• longtime
• long-time
• lose no time
• lose time
• lost in time
• make a time
• make good time
• make time
• make time with
• make up for lost time
• man versus time
• many a time
• many a time and oft
• many a time and often
• many a times
• many at times
• many time
• many times
• march-time
• master of one's time
• matter of time
• may you live in interesting times
• meantime
• mean time to failure
• metatime
• Methods-Time Measurement
• me-time
• me time
• Micronesian time
• microtime
• midtime
• missing in time
• mists of time
• modern times
• moontime
• most of the time
• motion and time study
• move with the times
• mzungu time
• need more time in the oven
• next time
• next to no time
• nick-of-time
• nick of time
• nick-time
• Nigerian time
• nine times out of ten
• nontime
• noon-time
• not before time
• no time
• no-time
• no time like the present
• no time to lose
• nut-cutting time
• of all time
• off-time
• oftentime
• oft-time
• oft-times
• oft times
• old as time
• old as time itself
• old-time
• old timer
• old time used to be
• on a time
• once on a time
• once upon a time
• one at a time
• one more time
• one more time for the sweet souvenir
• one step at a time
• one's time is one's own
• one-time
• one time
• one-time pad
• only time will tell
• on one's own time
• on-time marker
• on time, on-time
• other-times
• other times
• othertimes
• out of one's time
• out-of-time
• out of time
• over time
• Palauan time
• part-time
• part-time girlfriend
• party time
• Paschaltime
• passage of time
• pass a good time
• passing of time
• pass the time
• pass the time of day
• past time
• past-time
• peace for our time
• peace in our time
• peace-time
• pea-time is past
• perfumed terms of the time
• period of time
• piping times
• piping times of peace
• play for time
• please-time
• point in time
• polynomial-time reduction
• polytime
• porridge time
• presstime
• primary time standard
• primetime
• procrastination is the thief of time
• pro time
• Puerto Rican time
• pull time
• put one's pants on one leg at a time
• question of time
• quick time event
• quitting-time
• race against time
• rag-time
• ready for prime time
• real-time
• reaping time
• reap-time
• reclaim one's time
• recovery time objective
• retarded time
• ring time
• risetime
• run time
• run-time
• rutey time
• rutting time
• Samoan time
• Samoa time
• sands of time
• seedtime
• seed-time
• sense of time
• serial time-encoded amplified microscopy
• serve one's time
• serve the time
• serve time
• sexy times
• Shapiro time delay
• shiptime
• show someone a good time
• showtime
• shriving-time
• skytime
• sleeptime
• sleepytime
• small-time
• small time
• smalltime
• snacktime
• snoozetime
• snowtime
• soft real-time
• sometime
• sometimes
• some time yet
• space-time
• space-time crystal
• space-time trade-off
• spend time
• spime
• spin-up time
• split-time
• spring-time
• stall for time
• stand the test of time
• stop-time
• storytime
• stuck in time
• superposition in time
• take one day at a time
• take one's sweet little time
• take one's sweet time
• take one's time
• take the time
• take time
• take time by the forelock
• take time off
• take time out
• talk against time
• tax-time
• tell the time
• temper of the times
• temporal
• tenor of the times
• term-time
• terrestrial time
• test of time
• test-time compute
• the last of pea-time
• there is a place and time for everything
• there is a time and a place for everything
• there is a time and place for everything
• there's a first time for everything
• there's a good time coming
• there's a place and time for everything
• there's a time and a place for everything
• there's a time and place for everything
• there's no time like the present
• the time has come
• they'll do it every time
• third time is the charm
• third time lucky
• third time pays for all
• this time
• three-time loser
• three times a charm
• three times three
• ticking time bomb
• tide nor time tarrieth no man
• time about
• time account
• time adverbial
• time after bit
• time after time
• time agnosia
• time agreement
• time algorithm
• time-aligned
• time alignment
• time alone will tell
• time and again
• time and a half
• time and frequency transfer
• time and lime
• time and material
• time and materials
• time and methods engineering
• time-and-motion expert
• time and motion expert
• time and motion study
• time-and-motion study
• time and tide
• time and tide stay for no man
• time and tide tarry for no man
• time and tide wait for no man
• time and time again
• time-assignment speech interpolation
• time-attack
• time attack
• time-average
• time average
• time-average equation
• time back
• time-ball
• time ball
• timeband
• time bandit
• time-bandwidth product
• time bank
• timebank
• time banking
• timebanking
• time-banking
• time-bar
• time bargain
• time-bargain
• time-barred
• time barrier
• timebase
• time base
• time-based
• time-based currency
• time before time
• time-beguiling
• time being
• time belt
• time-bent
• time-bettering
• time-bewasted
• time bill
• timebill
• time-bill
• time bind
• time binding
• time-binding
• time-blind
• time-blindness
• time bomb
• time-bomb
• time-book
• time book
• timebook
• time-bound measure
• time-bound program
• timebound, time-bound
• timebox
• time box
• timeboxing
• time burglar
• time candle
• time capsule
• time card
• timecard
• time-card
• time catch
• time-catcher
• time-challenged
• time-change
• time change
• time chart
• time charter
• time-charter
• time check
• time-clause
• time clause
• time clock
• time code
• timecode
• time-compensated gain
• time complexity
• Time Complex Simulator
• time compression
• time constant
• time-constant
• time constraint
• time-constructible function
• time-consuming
• time control
• time cop
• time copy
• time course
• time-course
• timecourse
• time crime
• time-critical
• time cross section
• time crunch
• time crystal
• time curve
• time cycle
• time decay
• time deixis
• time-delay
• time delay
• time delay and integration clock
• time-delayed
• time-delay measuring instrument
• time-delay measuring system
• time-delay relay
• time-delay spectrometry
• time delay toxin activation
• time-dependent
• time deposit
• time deposit account
• time derivative
• time-detector
• time detector
• time difference
• time difference of arrival
• time differential
• time dilatation
• time dilation
• time disc
• time discipline
• time discount
• time disk
• time-distance
• time diversification
• time diversity
• time-division
• time division
• time domain
• time-domain analysis
• time-domain averaging
• time-domain electromagnetic method
• time domain electromagnetics
• time-domain reflectometer
• time-domain reflectometry
• time draft
• time-eaten
• time eater
• time elapsed counter
• time element
• time element insurance
• time enough
• time evolution
• time-expired
• time-exposed
• time exposure
• time-exposure
• time factor
• time famine
• time fault
• time-fellow
• time first
• time flies
• time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
• time flies when you're having fun
• time forgot
• time for print
• timeframe
• time frame
• time-frame
• time freight
• time frequency adverbial
• time-frequency analysis
• time-frequency representation
• time front
• timeful
• timefuse
• time fuse
• time-fuse
• time fuze
• time-gain compensation
• timegate
• time globe
• time-globe
• time-grapher
• time grapher
• time gun
• time-gun
• time hangs heavily
• time hangs heavy
• time heals
• time heals all hurts
• time heals all sorrows
• time heals all things
• time heals all wounds
• time heals every wound
• time hedge
• time hierarchy theorem
• time history
• time-homogeneous Markovian type
• time-honored
• time-honoured
• time-hopping
• time hopping
• time horizon
• time immemorial
• time in
• time inconsistency
• time-independent
• time-independent Markovian type
• time-independent Schrödinger equation
• time integration
• time-intensive
• time interval
• time in the sun
• time in time again
• time-invariance
• time-invariant
• time is a flat circle
• time is a great healer
• time is a great healer of all wounds
• timeish
• timeishness
• time is money
• time is of the essence
• time is on one's side
• time is ripe
• time is short
• timeist
• time is the great healer
• time is ticking
• time is up
• time jump
• timekeep
• time keep
• time-keeper
• timekeeper
• time-keeping
• timekeeping
• time-killer
• time killer
• time-killing
• time lady
• time lag
• time-lag
• time lamp
• time-lapse
• time lapse
• timeless
• time letter of credit
• time-like
• timelike
• time-limit
• time limit
• time-limited
• time line
• time-line
• timeline
• timeling
• time loan
• time-lock
• time lock
• time loop
• time-loop logic
• timelord
• timelore
• timely
• time machine
• time management
• time-manner-place
• time-marker
• time marker
• time marketing
• time-memory trade-off
• time migration
• time money
• time-motion study
• time note
• time of arrival
• time-of-arrival technique
• time of asking
• time-of-check to time-of-use
• time of concentration
• time of day
• time of death
• time of delivery
• time of departure
• time-off
• time off
• time-of-flight
• time-of-flight mass spectrometry
• time offset
• time of grace
• time of life
• time of memory
• time of night
• time of occurrence
• time of one's life
• time of origin
• time of pericenter passage
• time of pericentre passage
• time of pitch
• time of the end
• time of the month
• time of travel
• Time of Troubles
• time of useful consciousness
• time-of-use meter
• time-of-use rates
• time of year
• time on
• time-on-device
• time on device
• time-one map
• time-one mapping
• time on ice
• time opera
• time optimal control problem
• time order
• time-ordered
• time ordering
• timeous
• time out
• time-out
• timeout
• time out of mind
• time over
• time parameter
• time parameter space
• timepass
• time past
• time patrol
• time-payment
• time pencil
• time period
• time-phased
• timepiece
• time, place or manner restriction
• time plan
• time plane
• time-pleaser
• timepleaser
• time-point
• timepoint
• time-point set
• time police
• time policy
• time-policy
• time-poor
• time porn
• time preference
• time-preference theory of interest
• time premium
• time pressure
• time projection chamber
• timeproof
• timequake
• time quantum
• time rate
• time recorder
• time-release
• time-resolved
• time reversal
• time reversal invariance
• time reversal mirror
• time reversal signal processing
• time sampling
• times and often
• time's arrow
• time-saver
• timesaver
• timesaving
• time-saving
• time-scale
• timescale
• time scale
• timescaling
• timescape
• time scramble
• time section
• time sense
• time-sensitive
• time series
• time series animation
• time-series animation
• time-served
• time-served (adjective)
• time served (noun)
• time-server
• timeserver
• time-server, timeserver
• time service
• time-serving
• timeserving
• time-servingness
• timeshare
• time-share
• time-sharer
• time-sharing
• time sheet
• timesheet
• time-sheet
• timeshift
• timeshift channel
• time shifting, time-shifting, timeshifting
• timeship
• time shutter
• time sight
• time-signal, time signal
• time signature
• time-signature
• times immemorial
• Time Simulator
• timesink, time sink, time-sink
• timeskip
• time slice
• time slicing, time-slicing
• timeslip
• timeslot, time slot
• timesome
• times on base
• times out of mind
• time-space
• time-space complexity
• time-space compression
• time-space convergence
• time-space grid
• timespan
• time span
• time-span reduction
• times past
• time spent laughing is time spent with the gods
• time spent listening
• time-spirit
• time spirit
• time spread
• time-stamped
• timestamp, time-stamp, time stamp
• time standard
• time stands still
• timestep
• time step
• timestepping
• times to be
• times to come
• time stop
• time stream
• timestream
• time-stretch
• time stretch analog-to-digital converter
• time-stretched
• time stretching
• timestretching
• time study
• timesuck
• time suck
• time's up
• time switch
• time-switch
• times without number
• timetable
• time-taker
• time-taking
• time-taper
• time tape, time-tape
• time term
• time test
• time-tested
• time theft
• time thief
• time thrust, time-thrust
• time to come
• time-to-digital converter
• time to expiry
• time to kill
• time to live
• time to make the donuts
• time-to-market
• time to market
• time to maturity
• time to progression
• time to time
• time trace
• time-track
• time track
• time tracking
• time-tracking
• time-tracking software
• time trade
• time train
• time transfer
• time travel
• time-traveling
• time-traveller
• time trial
• time triangle
• time-tried
• Time-Triggered Protocol
• time trouble
• time tunnel
• time twin
• time unit
• Time Unit Box System
• time until expiration
• time-use research
• time-use survey
• time use, time-use
• time value of money
• time value premium
• time-value, time value
• time vampire
• Time Variance Authority
• time-variant
• time-varied gain
• time-varied gain control
• time-varying
• time violation
• time wage
• time-waiter
• timeward
• time warp
• time was
• time-waste
• time-waster
• timewaster
• time-wasting
• timewasting
• time-watch
• time watch
• timewave
• timeweighted
• time-weighted
• timewheel
• time-white
• time will tell
• time window
• time window out
• timewise
• time word
• time-worker, timeworker
• time work, timework, time-work
• time-worn, timeworn
• timeworthy
• time you got a watch
• time-zone, timezone, time zone
• timish
• timist
• timous
• toforetime
• Tongan time
• to the end of time
• to time
• tough times
• two-time
• two-time loser
• two times
• two-way traveltime
• undern-time
• unit of time
• unity of time
• until next time
• until such time as
• untime
• unto time
• U of T time
• upon a time
• up to time
• vacation time
• waltz time
• waste no time
• waste of time
• waste-time
• watchman's time detector
• watchtime
• whale of a time
• what do you make the time
• what in time
• what is the time
• what's the time
• what time
• what time do you make it
• what time have you got
• what time is it
• wheel of time
• when the time comes
• whirligig of time
• White People's time
• whiting-time
• whole-time
• why in time
• window of time
• winter-time
• winter time
• within the agreed time
• with the passage of time
• with the passing of time
• with time
• worktime, work time
• yeartime
• yestertime
• yoretime
• youthtime
• zonetime
• Zulu time

Collocations

Typical collocations with time or time expressions.

• spend - To talk about the length of time of an activity.

- We spent a long time driving along the motorway.

- I've spent most of my life working here. (Time expression)

• take - To talk about the length of time of an activity.

- It took a long time to get to the front of the queue. See also - take one's time

- It only takes five minutes to get to the shop from here. (Time expression)

- How long does it take to do that? (Time expression)

• waste - see waste time

Descendants

• Bislama: taem
• Sranan Tongo: ten
• → Punjabi: ṭāim, ṭaim, ṭāīm

  Gurmukhi script: ਟਾਇਮ, ਟੈਮ, ਟਾਈਮ

  Shahmukhi script: ٹائم, ٹیم, ٹائیم

Translations

See time/translations § Noun.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

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

2. (transitive) 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.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

   • 2025 December 9, Veronique Greenwood, “Your Bedroom Probably Isn't Dark Enough”, in TIME‎^[8]:

     The human body uses light to correctly time myriad processes, ensuring that liver enzymes are made on schedule, hair cells divide at the right time, and blood pressure stays at a healthy level.

3. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
   • 1861, John Greenleaf Whittier, At Port Royal:

     With oar strokes timing to their song.

4. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
5. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
   • 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:

     Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.

   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     He was a thing of blood, whose every motion / Was timed with dying cries.

6. To measure, as in music or harmony.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Danish: time
• → Dutch: timen
• → German: timen
• → Swedish: tajma, tima
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: time, taime
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: time, tima, taime, taima

Translations

to measure time

• Bulgarian: засичам (bg) impf (zasičam), засека pf (zaseka)
• Catalan: cronometrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 計時 / 计时 (gai³ si⁴)

  Mandarin: 計時 / 计时 (zh) (jìshí)

• Danish: tage tid
• Dutch: klokken (nl), timen (nl), chronometreren
• Estonian: aega võtma
• Finnish: ottaa aika, kellottaa (fi)
• French: chronométrer (fr)
• Georgian: დროის ათვლა (drois atvla), ჟამთაღრიცხვა (žamtaɣricxva)
• German: Zeit nehmen, Zeit stoppen, Zeit messen
• Greek: χρονομετρώ (el) (chronometró)
• Icelandic: mæla tímann á, tímamæla
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وەخت گرتن (wext girtin)

• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: ta tid
• Persian: زمان گرفتن (zamân gereftan)
• Polish: chronometrować
• Portuguese: cronometrar (pt)
• Russian: хронометрировать (ru) impf (xronometrirovatʹ), засекать время impf (zasekatʹ vremja)
• Spanish: cronometrar (es), temporizar (es)
• Swedish: ta tid på
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} จับเวลา (jàp way-laa)
• Vietnamese: tính giờ, bấm giờ (vi)

to choose the time for

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: programar (ca)
• Czech: (human decision) načasovat, (of a device) časovat (cs)
• Danish: time (da) (human decision), tidsindstille (of a device)
• Estonian: ajastama
• Finnish: (human decision) ajoittaa (fi), (of a device) ajastaa (fi)
• German: Zeitpunkt wählen, zeitlich planen, terminieren (de), timen (de)
• Icelandic: tímasetja (is) (human decision), tímastilla (of a device)
• Italian: fissare (it), programmare (it)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: marcar (pt), programar (pt)
• Spanish: programar (es)
• Swedish: tajma (sv) (human decision), tidsinställa (of a device)
• Tagalog: magsaoras, isaoras
• Vietnamese: canh giờ, tính giờ

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kronometri, ^{(please verify)} registri la daŭron de
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} chronometrar
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} minnuter (Jersey)

Interjection

time

1. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
2. The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
3. A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

   Time gentlemen please!

See also

• calendar
• temporal
• Timese

References

• time on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Time in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Time (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• item, METI, Item, EMT-I, it me, emit, Mite, mite

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), cognate with Swedish timme, English time. From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-, specifically Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō. The Germanic noun *tīdiz (“time”) is derived from the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːmə/, [ˈtˢiːmə], [ˈtsʰiːm̩]

Noun

time c (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)

1. hour
2. lesson, class

Declension

Declension of time

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	time	timen	timer	timerne
genitive	times	timens	timers	timernes

References

• “time,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tajmə/, [ˈtˢɑjmə], (imperative) IPA^(key): /tajˀm/, [ˈtˢɑjˀm]

Verb

time (past tense timede, past participle timet)

1. to time

Conjugation

Conjugation of time

active passive present timer times past timede timedes infinitive time times imperative time — participle present - past timet (auxiliary verb have) gerund —

References

• “time,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

From tim- +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtime/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ime
• Syllabification: ti‧me

Adverb

time

1. fearfully

Latin

Verb

timē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of timeō

References

• “time”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

time

1. alternative form of tyme (“time”)

Etymology 2

Noun

time

1. alternative form of tyme (“thyme”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-, specifically Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō.

Noun

time m (definite singular timen, indefinite plural timer, definite plural timene)

1. an hour

   Det tar fire timer å kjøre dit.

   It takes four hours to drive there.

2. a lesson, class

   En time på skolen kan vare i 45 minutter.

   A lesson in school may last 45 minutes.

3. an appointment

   Jeg har en time hos tannlegen. ― I have an appointment at the dentists.

Derived terms

• halvtime
• i ellevte time
• kilowattime
• soltime
• timeglass
• timevis

References

• “time” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from *deh₂y- (“to share, divide”). Akin to English time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tiːmə/

Noun

time m (definite singular timen, indefinite plural timar, definite plural timane)

1. an hour
2. a lesson, class
3. an appointment

   Eg har ein time hjå tannlegen. ― I have an appointment at the dentists.

4. time, moment (mainly poetic)
   • 1945, Jakob Sande, Da Daniel drog:

     No er timen komen, Daniel!

     Now the time has come, Daniel!

Derived terms

• halvtime
• kilowattime
• skomakartime
• skreddartime
• skuletime
• soltime
• timeglas
• timevis

References

• “time” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô.

Noun

tīme m

1. time
2. hour
3. occasion

Declension

Declension of tīme (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tīme	tīmen	tīmar	tīmarnir
accusative	tīma	tīman	tīma	tīmana
dative	tīma	tīmanom	tīmom	tīmonom
genitive	tīma	tīmans	tīma	tīmanna

Descendants

• Swedish: timme
• → Finnish: tiima

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English team.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: ti‧me

Noun

time m (plural times, augmentative timão)

1. (Brazil, chiefly sports) a team

   Synonyms: (Portugal) equipa, (Brazil) equipe

2. (Brazil, corporate slang, proscribed) a corporate team

   Synonym: equipe

3. (Brazil, informal) sexual orientation

Further reading

• “time”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “time”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Scots

Noun

time (plural times)

1. time

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

tíme ? (Cyrillic spelling ти́ме)

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of tȃj

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtime/ [ˈt̪i.me]
• Rhymes: -ime
• Syllabification: ti‧me

Verb

time

1. inflection of timar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative