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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
▸ Also see timing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to time
▸ Usage examples for time
▸ Idioms related to time (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing time
▸ Words that often appear near time
▸ Rhymes of time
▸ Invented words related to 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
▸ Also see timing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to time
▸ Usage examples for time
▸ Idioms related to time (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing time
▸ Words that often appear near time
▸ Rhymes of time
▸ Invented words related to time