time
/tˈaɪm/
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Definitions
Noun
an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
Noun
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"; "it took more than half my time"
Noun
an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
Noun
a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
Noun
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Noun
a person''s experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
Noun
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"
Noun
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
Noun
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Noun
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
Verb
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"
Verb
assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
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set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
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regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
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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"
More General Terms
adjust
attribute
case
correct
determine
dimension
example
experience
indication
influence
instance
instant
measure
meter reading
minute
mold
moment
period
period of time
quantify
reading
regulate
rhythmicity
schedule
second
set
shape
term
time period
More Specific Terms
biological time
bit
civil time
continuance
continuum
cosmic time
day
daylight saving
daylight savings
daylight-saving time
daylight-savings time
dead
duration
ephemera
eternity
future
futurity
geologic time
geological time
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Time
hard time
hard times
hereafter
high time
hour
incarnation
infinity
life
life sentence
local time
minute
mistime
mo
moment
musical time
nowadays
occasion
past
past times
patch
piece
present
prime time
SCLK
second
space age
spacecraft clock time
spell
standard time
time of day
time to come
universal time
UT
UT1
wee
while
yesteryear