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Time Definition

time

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English time, tyme, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Germanic base *tī- (“time, tide”), from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”). Cognate with Danish time (“stound, hour, lesson”), Swedish timme (“stound, hour”), Norwegian time (“time, stound, hour”), Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”), Icelandic tími (“time, season”). See also tide.

Pronunciation

Interjection

time

  1. (tennis) reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause

Noun

time (countable and uncountable; plural times)

  1. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
    Time stops for nobody.
    the ebb and flow of time
    Time is the fire in which we burn. — Delmore Schwartz, Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day
  2. (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
    More time is needed to complete the project.
    You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
    Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
    Our instructor didn't give us enough time to complete the test.
    The two of us can never find time to see each other any more.
  3. (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
    Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
    Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.
    The algorithm runs in time.
  4. (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
    The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.
    He is not living at home because he is doing time.
  5. (uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
    Excuse me, have you got the time?
    What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?
    A computer keeps time using a clock battery.
  6. (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
    It’s time for bed. It’s time to sleep.
    We must wait for the right time.
    It's time we were going.
  7. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
    Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
  8. (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
    At what times do the trains arrive?
    These times were erroneously converted between zones.
  9. (countable) An instance or occurrence.
    When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
    See you another time.
    That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.
    Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
  10. (countable) Ratio of comparison.
    Your car runs three times faster than mine.
    That is four times as heavy as this.
  11. (countable) An experience.
    We had a wonderful time at the party.
  12. (countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
    Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs.
    The time is out of joint... (Hamlet)
    O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)
  13. (uncountable) (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
    In my time, we respected our elders.

Usage notes

For the number of occurrences and the ratio of comparison, once and twice are used instead of one time and two times. Thrice is uncommon but not obsolescent.

Quotations

Derived terms

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terms derived from "time"
  • propagation time
  • proper time
  • prothrombin time
  • pro time
  • pseudo-polynomial time
  • pseudotime
  • psychophysical time
  • pudding-time
  • pudding time
  • pulse decay time
  • pulse repetition time
  • pulse-time modulation
  • pumping time
  • push time
  • quadratic time
  • quadruple time
  • quality time
  • question time
  • Quick's thrombin time
  • quick time
  • quiesce time
  • quintuple time
  • quitting-time
  • ragtime
  • railway time
  • randomised polynomial time
  • randomized polynomial time
  • reaction time
  • realtime
  • real-time
  • real time
  • real-world time
  • reap-time
  • reasonable time
  • recalcification time
  • receiving time
  • recoat time
  • recognition time
  • recovery time
  • recurrence time
  • recycling time
  • redeem the time
  • reduced time
  • reference time
  • reframing time
  • regulation time
  • relative time
  • relaxation time
  • released time
  • release time
  • repetition time
  • reptilase time
  • reserve the balance of time
  • residence time
  • response time
  • retarded time
  • retention time
  • return time
  • reverberation time
  • revisit time
  • riding time
  • ring-time
  • rise time
  • rough time of it
  • round-trip delay time
  • round-trip light time
  • round-trip time
  • running time
  • runtime
  • run time
  • Russell's viper venom clotting time
  • Russell's viper venom time
  • rustle time
  • rutey-time
  • sack time
  • Samoa Time
  • sands of time
  • Sandringham time
  • sandwich time
  • school-time, schooltime
  • screen time
  • seating time
  • second happy time
  • sedimentation time
  • seedtime
  • seed-time
  • seek time
  • sensation time
  • serve the time
  • serve time
  • setting time
  • settling time
  • setup time
  • set-up time
  • Seychelles Time
  • shepster time
  • shop time
  • shortening time
  • shortest remaining time
  • short time
  • show somebody a good time
  • showtime
  • show time
  • shriving-time
  • sidereal time
  • sign of the times
  • simple time
  • single time
  • sinoatrial conduction time
  • sinoatrial recovery time
  • slot time
  • slow time
  • slowing-down time
  • small time
  • socially necessary labour time
  • sojourn time
  • solar time
  • some of the time
  • sometime
  • some time
  • sometimes
  • some time yet
  • spacecraft clock time
  • Spacecraft Event Time
  • spacetime
  • space-time
  • space-time trade-off
  • spare time
  • speech time
  • spindown time
  • spin-down time
  • spin-lattice relaxation time
  • spin-spin relaxation time
  • spinup time
  • spin-up time
  • split-time
  • springtime
  • spring-time
  • spring time
  • squeaky bum time
  • Sri Lanka Time
  • standard time
  • Standard Zone Time
  • standby time
  • stand the test of time
  • starting time
  • start time
  • startup time
  • Starving Time
  • stay time
  • step time
  • stimulus-response time
  • stoppage time
  • stopping time
  • stop-time
  • storage time
  • story time
  • straight time
  • Stypven time
  • subjective time
  • subquadratic time
  • sudden-death overtime
  • sugartime
  • summertime
  • summer-time
  • summer time
  • superposition in time
  • suppertime
  • supper-time
  • survival time
  • Swatch Internet Time
  • synodic time
  • system real-time
  • system time
  • T1 relaxation time
  • T2 relaxation time
  • tact time
  • takt time
  • Taiwan Time
  • take one's time
  • take the time
  • take time
  • take Time by the forelock
  • take Time by the top
  • talk time
  • teatime
  • tea-time
  • tee time
  • tell the time, tell time
  • term-time
  • terrestrial dynamical time
  • terrestrial time
  • Terrestrial Time
  • test of time
  • that time
  • there's a first time for everything
  • there's a good time coming
  • there's a time and a place for everything
  • there's no time like the present
  • thermal death time
  • thermal relaxation time
  • they'll do it every time
  • thickening time
  • think time
  • this is neither the time nor the place
  • this is no time for
  • this time
  • three-four time
  • three-quarter time
  • thrombin clotting time
  • thrombin time
  • tide nor time tarrieth no man
  • till time
  • time about
  • time account
  • time adverbial
  • time after bit
  • time after time
  • time agnosia
  • time agreement
  • time algorithm
  • time-aligned
  • time alignment
  • time and again
  • time and a half
  • time and frequency transfer
  • time and material
  • time and methods engineering
  • time-and-motion expert
  • time and motion expert
  • time-and-motion study
  • time and motion study
  • time and tide
  • time and time again
  • time-assignment speech interpolation
  • time-attack
  • time attack
  • time-average
  • time average
  • time back
  • time-ball
  • time ball
  • time-bandwidth product
  • time bank
  • timebanking
  • time-banking
  • time-bargain
  • time bargain
  • time-barred
  • timebase
  • time base
  • time-based currency
  • time-beguiling
  • time being
  • time-bettering
  • time-bewasted
  • time-bill
  • time bill
  • time bind
  • time-binding
  • time-bomb
  • time bomb
  • time-book
  • time book
  • time-bound measure
  • time-bound programme
  • timebox
  • time boxing
  • time-candle
  • time capsule
  • timecard
  • time-card
  • time card
  • time-catch
  • time-catcher
  • time-challenged
  • time-change
  • time change
  • time chart
  • time-charter
  • time charter
  • time check
  • time-clause
  • time clause
  • time clock
  • timecode
  • time code
  • time-compensated gain
  • time complexity
  • Time Complex Simulator
  • time compression
  • time-constant
  • time constant
  • time constraint
  • time-constructible function
  • time-consuming
  • time control
  • time copy
  • time-course
  • time cross section
  • time curve
  • time cycle
  • time decay
  • time deixis
  • time-delay
  • time delay
  • time-dependent
  • time deposit
  • time derivative
  • time-detector
  • time detector
  • time difference
  • time differential
  • time dilation
  • time dilatation
  • time-disc
  • time discipline
  • time discount
  • time-distance
  • time diversification
  • time diversity
  • time-division
  • time division
  • time domain
  • time draft
  • time elapsed counter
  • time-element
  • time element insurance
  • time enough
  • time evolution
  • time-expired
  • time-exposed
  • time-exposure
  • time exposure
  • time factor
  • time famine
  • time fault
  • time-fellow
  • time flies
  • time for print
  • timeframe
  • time-frame
  • time frame
  • time frequency adverbial
  • time-frequency analysis
  • time-frequency representation
  • time front
  • timeful
  • timefuse
  • time-fuse
  • time fuze
  • time-gain compensation
  • time gentlemen please
  • time-globe
  • time gun
  • time hangs heavily
  • time hangs heavy
  • time has come
  • time heals all wounds

Related terms

Verb

time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past and past participle timed)

  1. To measure seconds, hours etc passed, especially using a clock of some kind.
  2. To choose how long something lasts.
    The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
    The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to measure time
  • Danish: tage tid (da)
  • Estonian: aega võtma (et)
  • Finnish: ottaa aika (fi), kellottaa (fi)
  • French: chronométrer (fr)
  • German: Zeit (de) nehmen (de), Zeit stoppen (de), Zeit messen (de)
  • Greek: χρονομετρώ (khronometró)
  • Icelandic: mæla tímann á (is), tímamæla (is)
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: وه‌خت گرتن
  • Mandarin: 計時 (cmn)
  • Norwegian: ta tid (no)
  • Portuguese: cronometrar (pt)
  • Spanish: cronometrar (es)
  • Swedish: ta tid (sv) på
  • Thai: จับเวลา (th) (jàp way-laa)
to choose the time for
  • Czech: načasovat (human decision), časovat (of a device)
  • Danish: time (da) (human decision), tidsindstille (da) (of a device)
  • Estonian: ajastama (et)
  • Finnish: ajoittaa (human decision), ajastaa (of a device)
  • German: timen (de), Zeitpunkt (de) wählen (de)
  • Icelandic: tímasetja (is) (human decision), tímastilla (is) (of a device)
  • Italian: fissare (it), programmare (it)
  • Swedish: tajma (sv) (human decision), tidsinställa (sv) (of a device)
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Danish

Noun

time c. (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)

  1. hour
  2. lesson, class

Inflection

Inflection of time
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative time timen timer timerne
genitive times timens timers timernes

Verb

time (imperative time, infinitive at time, present tense timer, past tense timede, past participle har timet)

  1. time

Esperanto

Etymology

tim- + -e

Adverb

time

  1. fearfully

Latin

Verb

timē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of timeō
    1. "fear thou"
    2. "be thou afraid"

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse tími.

Noun

time

  1. hour
  2. lesson, class
  3. time

Inflection

Inflection of time
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m time timen timer timene
Nynorsk m time timen timar timane

Portuguese

Noun

time m. (plural times)

  1. a team

Spanish

Verb

time (infinitive timar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of timar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of timar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of timar.

 

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