time

Verb

• 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
    

• regulate or set the time of
  • time the clock
    

• set the speed, duration, or execution of
  • we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
    

• assign a time for an activity or event
  • The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
    

• 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
    

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
    

• rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

• the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

• 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
    

• a person's experience on a particular occasion
  • he had a time holding back the tears
    
  • they had a good time together
    

• the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

• a suitable moment
  • it is time to go
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• an instance or single occasion for some event
  • this time he succeeded
    
  • he called four times
    
  • he could do ten at a clip
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  clock , prison term , sentence , meter , metre , fourth dimension , clock time , clip