time
time - English
Alternative forms
- tyme (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Tasmanian) IPA: /tɜːm/
- Hyphenation: time
- Homophone: thyme
Noun
time (countable and uncountable, plural times)
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
- Synonyms: see time
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- A duration of time.
- (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!
- (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.
- (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.
- (countable) An experience.
- We had a wonderful time at the party.
- (countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs; how things were at that time; how things were in those times
- (uncountable, with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- In my time, we respected our elders.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- An instant of time.
- (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.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially 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
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones
- (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!
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- Last call: it's almost time.
- The hour of childbirth.
- (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- It was his time.
- (uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
- (countable) Ratio of comparison.
- your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this
- (grammar, dated) Tense.
- the time of a verb
- (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
- common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
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 but not obsolescent, and is still common in Indian English.
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
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see time.
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of time (proper names)
- African time
- Alaska Standard Time
- Alaska time
- Alaska-Hawaii Time
- Amsterdam Time
- 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 Rodgers time
- Calcutta time
- Cape Verde Time
- Caribbean time
- Central Africa Time
- Central Daylight Time
- Central Europe Time
- Central European Midsummer Time
- Central European 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
- free time
- French Revolutionary Time
- Geocentric Coordinate Time
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Greenwich time
- Hadean time
- Hawaii time
- Hawaii-Aleutian time
- Hong Kong Time
- Hubble time
- International Atomic Time
- International Time Bureau
- Israel Daylight Time
- Japan Standard Time
- Joda-Time
- Krasnoyarsk Time
- Madras time
- Mauritius Time
- Maxwell time
- Maytime
- Middle Eastern Time
- Middle European Time
- Moscow Time
- Mountain Daylight Time
- Mountain Standard Time
- Mountain Time
- Nepal Time
- New Zealand Daylight Time
- Newtonian time
- Novosibirsk Time
- Old Father Time
- Omsk Time
- Operation Market Time
- Ordinary Time
- Pacific Daylight Time
- Pacific Standard Time
- Pacific Time
- Patients Out of Time
- Philippine Time
- POSIX time
- Samoa Time
- Seychelles Time
- Spacecraft Event Time
- Sri Lanka Time
- Standard Zone Time
- Starving Time
- Swatch Internet Time
- Terrestrial Time
- Tipper and See-Saw Time
- Unix time
- Uzbekistan Time
- Washington meridian time
- West Africa Time
- Western European Time
- Yukon Time
- Zulu time
Other hyponyms of time
- A-H conduction 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
- adjusted flow time
- administrative lead time
- advanced time
- amortized constant time
- apex time
- apostolic times
- apparent time
- APTIME
- arrival time
- assembly time
- association time
- astronomical time
- attack time
- average access time
- average handle time
- average seek time
- back time
- background radiation equivalent time
- bathtime
- bedtime
- binding time
- biologic time
- biological time
- birth-time
- bit time
- black people's time
- bleeding time
- block time
- blood circulation time
- borrowed time
- bottom time
- bowel transit time
- braking time
- break-even time
- breakfast time
- breaktime
- breathing time
- call time
- centrelink time
- chair time
- characteristic time
- check-in time
- check-out time
- chow time
- chowtime
- Christmas time
- chromoscopy time
- chucking-out time
- circle time
- circulation time
- civil time
- civilian time
- clearance time
- clock time
- close time
- closed assembly 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
- comp time
- company time
- compensatory time
- compile time
- compile-time
- compound common time
- compound 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
- CPU time
- crossing time
- crunch time
- cubic time
- cucumber time
- cure time
- curing time
- curtain time
- cut time
- cut-off time
- cycle time
- damage over time
- dance-time
- daylight-saving time
- daylight-savings 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
- dextrinizing time
- dial-in time
- dilute Russell's viper venom time
- dining-time
- dinner time
- dinnertime
- discrete-time signal
- disinfectant time
- disk access time
- do time
- docky time
- down time
- downtime
- dream 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
- elapsed flying time
- elapsed 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
- fade time
- fading time
- fall time
- fence time
- final setting time
- find time
- first exit time
- first hit time
- first passage time
- first return time
- flash-to-bang time
- flat time
- flexible time
- flexitime
- floodtime
- floortime
- forced expiratory time
- forecast lead time
- foretime
- formation exposure time
- four-four time
- frame time
- frame-alignment recovery time
- free time
- free-fall time
- fringe time
- fruit-time
- full time
- fully automatic time
- functioning time
- gain time
- game time
- garbage time
- gate time
- gelation time
- generation time
- geologic time
- geological time
- glide time
- golden time
- good time
- grass time
- gust decay time
- gust formation time
- handling time
- hang time
- happy time
- hard time
- harvest time
- haying time
- heaking-time
- heat time
- hexadecimal time
- high time
- hitting time
- hold time
- holding time
- holiday-time
- H-V conduction time
- hydraulic retention time
- hypertime
- ice time
- idle time
- imaginary time
- imperfect time
- improper time
- incubation time
- inertia time
- initial setting time
- injury time
- instruction time
- integration time
- intermediate time
- interval time
- interval transit time
- intra-atrial conduction time
- intravaginal ejaculation latency time
- isovolumic relaxation time
- junk time
- killing time
- kipper time
- lag time
- lake retention time
- land before time
- lap time
- last time
- latency time
- latent time
- launch-time
- laytime
- lead time
- least time
- left ventricular ejection time
- leisure time
- lethal time
- lifetime
- light time
- lighting-up time
- linear time
- link time
- live time
- lived time
- load time
- local mean sideral time
- local sideral time
- local solar time
- local time
- lock time
- longitudinal relaxation time
- lookahead time
- look-back time
- lunchtime
- lunch-time
- magnetic local time
- main standard time
- march-time
- mark time
- maximum holding time
- maximum seek time
- mealtime
- mean free time
- mean hitting time
- mean solar time
- mean survival 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 Protocol
- network time
- NEXPTIME
- next time
- nick-time
- night time
- nighttime
- non-Archimedean time
- non-deterministic polynomial time
- non-uniform polynomial-time
- noontime
- normal time
- NP time
- NTIME
- occurrence time
- off time
- offset time
- ofttimes
- old time
- old tyme
- olde tyme
- olden time
- olden times
- one-stage prothrombin time
- onetime
- one-way light time
- one-way time
- open assembly time
- open time
- opening time
- operating time
- P-A conduction time
- partial thromboplastin time
- past time
- pastime
- peacetime
- peace-time
- pea-time
- perfect time
- pessimistic time
- P-H conduction time
- physiological time
- place manner time
- playing time
- playtime
- please-time
- Poincaré recurrence time
- polarisation time
- polarization time
- polynomial time
- POSIX time
- preparation time
- press time
- pressed for time
- primary time
- prime time
- pro time
- process time
- processing time
- processor time
- procurement lead time
- propagation time
- proper time
- prothrombin 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
- question time
- quick time
- Quick's thrombin time
- quiesce time
- quintuple time
- quitting-time
- ragtime
- railway time
- randomised polynomial time
- randomized polynomial time
- reaction time
- real time
- realtime
- real-world time
- reap-time
- reasonable time
- receiving time
- reclacification time
- recoat time
- recognition time
- recovery time
- recurrence time
- recycling time
- redeem the time
- reduced time
- reference time
- reframing time
- regulation time
- relative time
- relaxation time
- release time
- released 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
- 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
- Sandringham time
- sandwich time
- schooltime
- screen time
- seating time
- second happy time
- sedimentation time
- seedtime
- seek time
- sensation time
- serve the time
- serve time
- setting time
- settling time
- setup time
- shepster time
- shop time
- short time
- shortening time
- shortest remaining time
- show time
- shriving-time
- sideral time
- simple time
- single time
- sinoatrial conduction time
- sinoatrial recovery time
- slot time
- slow time
- slowing-down time
- socially necessary labour time
- sojourn time
- solar time
- some time
- spacecraft clock time
- spare time
- speech time
- spindown time
- spin-lattice relaxation time
- spin-spin relaxation time
- spinup time
- split-time
- springtime
- spring-time
- squeaky bum time
- standard time
- standby time
- start time
- starting time
- startup time
- stay time
- step 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 real-time
- system time
- T1 relaxation time
- T2 relaxation time
- tact time
- talk time
- teatime
- tee time
- tell time
- terrestrial dynamical time
- terrestrial time
- thermal death time
- thermal relaxation time
- thickening time
- think time
- three-four time
- three-quarter time
- thrombin clotting time
- thrombin time
- till time
- Tipper and See-Saw Time
- 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
- travel time
- traveltime
- triple time
- true 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
- undertime
- under-time
- universal time
- Unix time
- unproductive time
- uptime
- user time
- utilisation time
- utilization time
- valid time
- vampire time
- vintage time
- voice onset time
- wait time
- waiting time
- waketime
- wall time
- wall-clock time
- wartime
- waste time
- wet edge time
- whole blood coagulation time
- wholetime
- wikitime
- windshield time
- wintertime
- winter-time
- word time
- work time
- working time
- worst-case execution time
- Z time
- zone time
- zonetime
Derived terms
- aftertime
- birth-time
- cock-shut-time
- compile-time
- counter-time
- dance-time
- dining-time
- discrete-time
- downtime
- first-time
- flexitime
- floodtime
- floortime
- foretime
- fruit-time
- fullness of time
- high-time
- holiday-time
- last-time
- launch-time
- lead-time
- link-time
- lock-time
- long-time
- march-time
- metatime
- nick-time
- no-time
- off-time
- oft-time
- peace-time
- please-time
- quitting-time
- real-time
- reap-time
- ring-time
- run-time
- rutey-time
- seedtime
- seed-time
- shriving-time
- sometime
- sometimes
- space-time
- split-time
- spring-time
- stop-time
- term-time
- timebound, time-bound
- time-expired
- time freight
- time limit
- time-limited
- timeout
- time/space
- timesaver
- timescale
- time-sensitive
- time served (noun)
- time-served (adjective)
- time-server, timeserver
- timesheet
- timeshifting
- timesink
- timeslot
- time-space
- timespan
- timestamp
- timestream
- timesuck
- time switch
- timetable
- time-tracking
- time-traveller
- timewaster
- timewasting
- timewave
- Timewheel
- timework
- timeworthy
- timist
- two-time
- undern-time
- untime
- vacation-time
- waltz-time
- waste-time
- whiting-time
- whole-time
- winter-time
- zonetime
Related terms
- administration of the fulness of times
- anytime
- arrow of time
- as mysterious as time
- beat time
- big time
- broken time
- bullet time
- Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
- double time
- doubling time
- end times
- former times
- Greenwich Time Signal
- longtime
- methods-time measurement
- party time
- run time
- small time
- sometimes
- time/space complexity
- time, place or manner restriction
- time-space compression
- time-space grid
- time-span reduction
- time-tracking software
- Time-Triggered Protocol
- time account
- time adverbial
- time after time
- time agnosia
- time agreement
- time algorithm
- time alignment
- time and again
- time and a half
- time and frequency transfer
- time and material
- time and methods engineering
- time and motion expert
- time and motion study
- time and tide
- time and time again
- time attack
- time average
- time back
- time ball
- time bandit
- time bank
- time bargain
- time base
- time being
- time belt
- time bill
- time bind
- time bomb
- time book
- time boxing
- time burglar
- time capsule
- time card
- time change
- time chart
- time charter
- time check
- time clause
- time clock
- time code
- time complexity
- Time Complex Simulator
- time compression
- time constant
- time constraint
- time control
- time copy
- time cross section
- time curve
- time cycle
- time decay
- time deixis
- time delay
- time deposit
- time derivative
- time detector
- time difference
- time differential
- time dilatation
- time dilation
- time discipline
- time discount
- time diversification
- time diversity
- time division
- time domain
- time draft
- time elapsed counter
- time element insurance
- time enough
- time evolution
- time exposure
- time factor
- time famine
- time fault
- time flies
- time for print
- time frame
- time frequency adverbial
- time front
- time fuze
- time gentlemen please
- time gun
- time hangs heavily
- time hangs heavy
- time has come
- time heals all wounds
- time hedge
- time hierarchy theorem
- time history
- time hopping
- time horizon
- time immemorial
- time inconsistency
- time integration
- time interval
- time is a great healer
- time is money
- time is of the essence
- time is ripe
- time is up
- time killer
- Time Lady
- time lag
- time lamp
- time lapse
- time letter of credit
- time line
- time loan
- time lock
- time loop
- time loop logic
- time machine
- time management
- time manner place
- time marker
- time marketing
- time migration
- time money
- time note
- time of arrival
- time of asking
- time of concentration
- time of day
- time of death
- time of delivery
- time of departure
- time off
- 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 year
- time optimal control problem
- time order
- time ordering
- time out
- time out of mind
- time parameter
- time parameter space
- time past
- time pencil
- time perception
- time period
- time phase
- time plan
- time point set
- time policy
- time porn
- time preference
- time premium
- time pressure
- time projection chamber
- time quantum
- time reversal
- time scale
- time section
- time sense
- time series
- time series animation
- time sheet
- timeshift channel
- time shifting
- time signal
- time signature
- Time Simulator
- time slice
- time slot
- time spent listening
- time spirit
- time spread
- time stamp
- time standard
- time step
- time stop
- time stream
- time stretching
- time structure
- time study
- time switch
- time term
- time test
- time thief
- time trace
- time track
- time trade
- time train
- time transfer
- time travel
- time trial
- time trouble
- time unit
- time unit box system
- time until expiration
- time use research
- time use survey
- time value
- time value of money
- time value premium
- Time Variance Authority
- time wage
- time warp
- time was
- time will tell
- time window
- time work
Terms related to time that are not nouns
- a-nightertime
- administration of the fulness of times
- a long time coming
- anight
- any time
- any time now
- as old as time itself
- as time goes by
- as times go
- at all times
- at odd times
- at one time or another
- at the best of times
- at times
- at times and again
- behind the times
- betweentimes
- between times
- burn time
- buy time
- by a time
- come to time
- effluxion of time
- equation of time
- formation exposure time
- former times
- for old time's sake
- for so long a time
- for some time
- for the time
- for time
- from that time on
- from this time on
- from time to time
- give somebody time
- go back in time
- 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 for
- 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 time to spare
- heretoforetime
- holiday-time
- in between times
- 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 process of time
- in record time
- in the course 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
- 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
- keep good time
- keep time
- keep up with the times
- kill time
- linear time-invariant
- linear time-varying
- lose no time
- lose time
- make a time
- make good 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 is the time
- many's the time
- many time
- many times
- may you live in interesting times
- me time
- midtime
- mists of time
- move with the times
- neither the time nor the place
- next time
- old as time
- old as time itself
- on a time
- once upon a time
- one's time is one's own
- on time, on-time
- other-times
- othertimes
- out of one's time
- out of time
- over time
- part-time
- passage of time
- passing of time
- pass the time
- peace in our time
- perfumed terms of the time
- period of time
- procrastination is the thief of time
- pro time
- some time yet
- superposition in time
- take one's time
- take the time
- take time
- take Time by the forelock
- take Time by the top
- temporal
- test of time
- there's a first time for everything
- there's a good time coming
- there's a time and a place for everything
- there's no time like the present
- they'll do it every time
- this is neither the time nor the place
- this is no time for
- this time
- tide nor time tarrieth no man
- time-aligned
- time-and-motion expert
- time-and-motion study
- time-assignment speech interpolation
- time-attack
- time-average
- time-ball
- time-bandwidth product
- time-banking
- time-bargain
- time-barred
- time-based currency
- time-beguiling
- time-bettering
- time-bewasted
- time-bill
- time-binding
- time-bomb
- time-book
- time-bound measure
- time-bound programme
- time-candle
- time-card
- time-catch
- time-catcher
- time-challenged
- time-change
- time-charter
- time-clause
- time-compensated gain
- time-constant
- time-constructible function
- time-consuming
- time-course
- time-delay
- time-dependent
- time-detector
- time-disc
- time-distance
- time-division
- time-element
- time-expired
- time-exposed
- time-exposure
- time-fellow
- time-frame
- time-frequency analysis
- time-frequency representation
- time-fuse
- time-gain compensation
- time-globe
- time-homogeneous Markovian type
- time-honored
- time-honoured
- time-independent
- time-invariant
- time-keeper
- time-keeping
- time-killer
- time-killing
- time-lag
- time-lapse
- time-like
- time-limit
- time-line
- time-lock
- time-marker
- time-memory trade-off
- time-motion study
- time-night
- time-of-check-to-time-of-use bug
- time-of-flight
- time-of-use meter
- time-of-use rates
- time-off
- time-on
- time-one map
- time-one mapping
- time-ordered
- time-out
- time-payment
- time-pleaser
- time-point
- time-policy
- time-rate
- time-release
- time-resolved
- time-sampling
- time-saver
- time-saving
- time-scale
- time-served
- time-server
- time-service
- time-serving
- time-share
- time-sharing
- time-sheet
- time-shifting
- time-shutter
- time-sight
- time-signal
- time-signature
- time-space
- time-spirit
- time-stamp
- time-switch
- time-taker
- time-taking
- time-tested
- time-thrust
- time-to-market
- time-value
- time-variant
- time-varied gain control
- time-varying
- time-waiter
- time-waster
- time-wasting
- time-watch
- time-weighted
- time-work
- time-worn
- time-zone
- time about
- time after bit
- timebanking
- timebase
- timebox
- timecard
- timecode
- timeframe
- timeful
- timefuse
- timeist
- timekeeper
- timekeeping
- timeless
- timelike
- timeline
- timeling
- timely
- timeous
- timeout
- timepiece
- timepleaser
- times and often
- time's arrow
- timesaving
- timeserver
- timeserving
- timeshare
- times immemorial
- timesome
- times on base
- times past
- times to be
- times to come
- timestretching
- timesuck
- time's up
- times without number
- time to come
- time to digital converter
- time to expiry
- time to kill
- time to live
- time to market
- time to maturity
- time to progression
- timeward
- timewise
- timeworn
- timish
- timous
- to time
- until such time as
- unto time
- upon a time
- up to time
- 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 is it
- wheel of time
- when the time comes
- why in time
- within the agreed time
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: ten
Translations
Verb
time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past and past participle timed)
- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
- I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
- To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
- The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
- The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
- (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
- (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
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Interjection
time
- (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
- The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
- A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.
Anagrams
time - Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtiːmə/, [ˈtˢiːmə], [ˈtsʰiːm̩]
Noun
time c (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)
Declension
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tajmə/, [ˈtˢɑjmə], (imperative) IPA: /tajˀm/, [ˈtˢɑjˀm],
Verb
time (past tense timede, past participle timet)
- to time
Conjugation
time - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtime/
Adverb
time
time - Latin
Verb
timē
- second-person singular present active imperative of timeō
time - Middle English
Noun
time
- Alternative form of tyme (“time”)
Noun
time
- Alternative form of tyme (“thyme”)
time - Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
time m (definite singular timen, indefinite plural timer, definite plural timene)
Derived terms
time - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /²tiːmə/
Noun
time m (definite singular timen, indefinite plural timar, definite plural timane)
- an hour
- a lesson, class
- an appointment
- Eg har ein time hjå tannlegen. ― I have an appointment at the dentists.
- time, moment (mainly poetic)
Derived terms
- halvtime
- kilowattime
- skomakartime
- skreddartime
- skuletime
- soltime
- timeglas
- timevis
time - Old Swedish
Noun
tīme m
Declension
Descendants
time - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi/
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.me/
- (Portugal) IPA: /ˈti.m(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: ti‧me
Noun
time m (plural times)
- (Brazil, chiefly sports) a team
- (Brazil, informal) sexual orientation
time - Scots
Noun
time (plural times)
time - Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
tíme (Cyrillic spelling ти́ме)
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of tȃj
time - Spanish
Verb
time
- inflection of timar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative