time
Noun:
- A measurable period during which events occur: The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
- A point of time as measured in hours and minutes: A specific reading on a clock or calendar.
- An instance or occasion: A single occurrence of an event.
- A period characterized by particular events or conditions: An era, season, or phase.
- The rhythm or tempo of music: The measured flow of musical beats.
Verb:
- To measure the duration of an event: To record how long something takes.
- To schedule or plan for a specific moment: To arrange for something to happen at a particular time.
- To regulate or set the speed or tempo: To control the rate or timing of an action.
Noun:
- The concept of time is fundamental to physics.
- What time is it? I need to catch the bus.
- This time, I will succeed.
- He lived through difficult times.
- The drummer kept perfect time.
Verb:
- She timed her speech to last exactly five minutes.
- The event is timed to coincide with the festival.
- He carefully timed his swing to hit the ball.
"to do time": To serve a prison sentence.
- He is doing time for robbery.
"to have a good/bad/hard time": To experience a period that is enjoyable, unpleasant, or difficult.
- We had a great time at the party.
"to be ahead of one's time": To have ideas or creations that are too advanced for the present era.
- The inventor was ahead of his time.
"to play for time": To delay something in order to gain an advantage.
- The negotiator tried to play for time.
"in the nick of time": Just before it is too late; at the last possible moment.
- The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.
Timely (adj): Done or occurring at a favorable or appropriate time.
- The timely intervention saved the project.
Timer (n): A device that measures or signals the end of a set time interval.
- Set the kitchen timer for ten minutes.
Timeless (adj): Not affected by the passage of time.
- She has a timeless beauty.
Timetable (n): A schedule listing the times at which events are planned to occur.
- Check the train timetable.
- Noun: Period, duration, era, moment, occasion, instant, age, season.
- Verb: Schedule, clock, measure, regulate.
Time out: A short break or pause.
- Let's take a time out and discuss this.
Time in: To begin recording time or to start participating.
- The racers timed in at the starting line.
Time flies: Time seems to pass very quickly.
- I can't believe it's December already; time flies!
A race against time: A situation where one must work very fast to complete something before a deadline.
- Finishing the report was a race against time.
Kill time: To do something to make time seem to pass more quickly while waiting.
- We played cards to kill time at the airport.
Behind the times: Old-fashioned; not aware of or using the latest ideas or techniques.
- Their business methods are behind the times.
- 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
- 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