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Quick definitions from WordNet (time)

▸ 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")
▸ noun:  an instance or single occasion for some event ("This time he succeeded")
▸ noun:  an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) ("He waited a long time")
▸ noun:  a suitable moment ("It is time to go")
▸ noun:  a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something ("Take time to smell the roses")
▸ noun:  the time as given by a clock ("Do you know what time it is?")
▸ 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 time
▸ noun:  the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned ("He is doing time in the county jail")
▸ verb:  adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time ("The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely")
▸ verb:  regulate or set the time of ("Time the clock")
▸ verb:  assign a time for an activity or event ("The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene")
▸ verb:  set the speed, duration, or execution of ("We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely")
▸ verb:  measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

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