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time meaning and definition
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Definition of time (noun)
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
- synonyms: clip
- 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 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 suitable moment
- "it is time to go"
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
- 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"
- synonyms: clock time
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- synonyms: fourth dimension
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- 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"
- synonyms: prison term, sentence
TIME verb
Definition of time (verb)
- 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"
- synonyms: clock
- assign a time for an activity or event
- "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
- regulate or set the time of
- "time the clock"
- 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"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet