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time
(t/aI/m )

noun (n)

  • an instance or single occasion for some event(noun.event)
    Example:
    This time he succeeded.
    He called four times.
    Synonym:
    clip
    source: wordnet30
  • a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something(noun.time)
    Example:
    Take time to smell the roses.
    I didn't have time to finish.
    It took more than half my time.
    source: wordnet30
  • an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)(noun.time)
    Example:
    He waited a long time.
    The time of year for planting.
    He was a great actor in his time.
    source: wordnet30
  • a suitable moment(noun.time)
    Example:
    It is time to go.
    source: wordnet30
  • the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past(noun.tops)
    source: wordnet30
  • a person's experience on a particular occasion(noun.event)
    Example:
    He had a time holding back the tears.
    They had a good time together.
    source: wordnet30
  • a reading of a point in time as given by a clock(noun.time)
    Example:
    Do you know what time it is?.
    The time is 10 o'clock.
    Synonym:
    clock time
    source: wordnet30
  • the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event(noun.time)
    Synonym:
    fourth dimension
    source: wordnet30
  • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    meter, metre
    source: wordnet30
  • the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned(noun.time)
    Example:
    He is doing time in the county jail.
    Synonym:
    prison term, sentence
    source: wordnet30
  • Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    clock
    source: wordnet30
  • assign a time for an activity or event(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene.
    source: wordnet30
  • set the speed, duration, or execution of(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely.
    source: wordnet30
  • regulate or set the time of(verb.change)
    Example:
    Time the clock.
    source: wordnet30
  • adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time(verb.change)
    Example:
    The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely.
    source: wordnet30
  • To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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