times

See also: Times and timés

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīmz, IPA^(key): /taɪmz/

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• IPA^(key): /tɑemz/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) IPA^(key): /tɜːmz/
• Rhymes: -aɪmz
• Rhymes: -ɑemz
• Rhymes: -ɜːmz

Noun

times

1. plural of time

1. The circumstances of a certain time.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

   Modern times are so very different from the past.

2. A person's experiences or biography.

   The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

Derived terms

terms derived from times (noun)

• fast times
• good times
• keep up with the times

• sign of the times
• straitened times
• times fixed charges

• times-interest-earned ratio
• Times

Preposition

times

1. (mathematics) multiplied by

   Four times five is twenty.

   One times one is one.

Derived terms

• times-or-divided-by
• times sign
• times table

Related terms

• × (the multiplication sign)

Translations

multiplied by

• Arabic: فِي (ar) (fī)

  Egyptian Arabic: في (fi)

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: -իցս (-icʻs)

• Basque: bider
• Czech: krát
• Dutch: keer (nl), maal (nl)
• Estonian: korda
• Finnish: kertaa (fi)
• French: fois (fr)
• German: mal (de)
• Greek: επί (el) (epí)
• Hungarian: -szor, -szer, -ször
• Icelandic: sinnum
• Ido: per (io)
• Italian: per (it)
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• Japanese: 掛ける (ja) (かける, kakeru)
• Korean: 곱하기 (ko) (gophagi)
• Macedonian: по (po)
• Malay: darab
• Mandarin: 乘以 (chéngyǐ)
• Navajo: ahą́ą́h nániilyá
• Norwegian: ganger (no)
• Polish: razy (pl)
• Portuguese: vezes (pt)
• Russian: на (ru) (na)
• Spanish: por (es)
• Swedish: gånger (sv)
• Tagalog: maka (tl), paramihin ng
• Turkish: kere (tr)
• Yiddish: מאָל (mol)

Verb

times

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of time

Verb

times (third-person singular simple present timeses, present participle timesing, simple past and past participle timesed)

1. (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
   • 1994, Harvey Mellar, Learning with artificial worlds: computer-based modelling in the curriculum

     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...

   • 1995, Mathematical Association, The Australian mathematics teacher, Volumes 51-53

     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' […]

   • 1998, Psychology of mathematics education, Volume 2

     Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.

   • 1998, W. M. Roth, Designing Communities, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p.31

     […] when the denominator was timesed by three, the same had to be done to the numerator; and so on.

Anagrams

• MSTie, Metis, Métis, e-stim, emits, i-stem, items, metis, mites, métis, setim, smite, stime

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Danish

Noun

times c

1. indefinite genitive singular of time

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) timēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of timeō

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Portuguese

Noun

times

1. plural of time

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Spanish

Verb

times

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of timar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of timar.