time

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

2. 2noun

   A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.

3. 3noun

   The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

4. 4noun

   The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.

5. 5noun

   A proper time; a season; an opportunity.

6. 6noun

   Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.

7. 7noun

   Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.

8. 8noun

   The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.

9. 9noun

   Tense.

10. 10noun

    The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.

11. 11transitive verb

    To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.

12. 12transitive verb

    To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

13. 13transitive verb

    To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.

14. 14transitive verb

    To measure, as in music or harmony.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To pass time; to delay.

17. 17noun

    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

18. 18noun

    rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

    Synonyms

    metermetre
19. 19noun

    a person's experience on a particular occasion

    "he had a time holding back the tears"

    "they had a good time together"

20. 20noun

    an instance or single occasion for some event

    "this time he succeeded"

    "he called four times"

    Synonyms

    clip
21. 21noun

    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

    "he waited a long time"

    "the time of year for planting"

22. 22noun

    a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

    "do you know what time it is?"

    "the time is 10 o'clock"

23. 23noun

    the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

24. 24noun

    the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

    "he served a prison term of 15 months"

    "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"

    Synonyms

    sentence
25. 25noun

    a suitable moment

    "it is time to go"

26. 26noun

    a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

    "take time to smell the roses"

    "I didn't have time to finish"

27. 27verb

    adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time

    "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"

28. 28verb

    regulate or set the time of

    "time the clock"

29. 29verb

    measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

    "he clocked the runners"

    Synonyms

    clock
30. 30verb

    assign a time for an activity or event

    "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

31. 31verb

    set the speed, duration, or execution of

    "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"