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time
(t/aI/m
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noun (n)
- an instance or single occasion for some event(noun.event)Example:
This time he succeeded.
He called four times.
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.
source: wordnet30 - the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event(noun.time)source: wordnet30
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned(noun.time)Example:
He is doing time in the county jail.
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)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