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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 1.6 See also 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 3 Esperanto 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adverb 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 Portuguese 5.1 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
may	about	its	#73: time	only	like	little

[ Etymology

Old English tīma.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: tīm, IPA: /taɪ̯m/, SAMPA: /taIm/
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  Rhymes: -aɪm

[ Homophones

• thyme

[ Noun

Singular time

Plural countable and uncountable; times

time (countable and uncountable; plural times)

1. (uncountable) The inevitable passing of events from past to present then future.

   Time stops for nobody.

   the ebb and flow of time

2. (uncountable) A quantity of availability in time.

   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 time.

   Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.

   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.

   The algorithm runs in O(n²) 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) The time of day; the moment in time, 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 (esp. 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 the time of day or moment in time.

   Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

   Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.

8. (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.

   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) An experience.

    We had a wonderful time at the party.

11. (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)

12. (uncountable) (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

    In my time, we respected our elders.

13. (countable) (in plural) A person's experiences or biography.

    The Life and Times of...

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

[ Derived terms

terms derived from "time"

about time, about time too! absolute time Achilles tendon reflex time access time acquisition feeding time acquisition time activated clotting time activated partial thromboplastin time active braking time actual flying time adjusted flow time administration of the fulness of times administrative lead time advanced time aforetime aforetimes after-time, aftertime, after-times against time A-H conduction time ahead of one's time ahead of time air time, airtime Alaska-Hawaii Time, Alaska time all in good time all of the time, all the time all this time all-time Amsterdam Time ancient time, ancient times anight a-nightertime any time anytime any time now apex time apostolic times apparent time APTIME arrival time arrow of time ASEAN Common Time as old as time, as old as time itself, old as time, old as time itself assembly time association time as time goes by as times go astronomical time at all times at any one time at a time Atlantic Daylight Time Atlantic Time at no time at odd times at one time at one time or another attack time at that time at the best of times at the present time at the same time at the time at this time at time at times at times and again at what time Australian Central Daylight Time Australian Eastern Daylight Time autumn-time average access time average handle time average seek time background radiation equivalent time back time Barycentric Coordinate Time bathtime beat somebody's time beat time bedtime before one's time before-time, beforetime beforetimes behind the times behind time Beijing Time benting-time Bering Time Berlin Time better luck next time betweentime, between times, betweentimes Bhutan Time bide one's time big red switch time big time binding time biologic time biological time birth-time bit time Black People's Time bleeding time block time blood circulation time Bombay time Borneo Time borrowed time bottom time bowel transit time braking time break-even time breakfast time, breakfast-time break time breaktime breathing time broken time Buck Rodgers time bullet time, bullet-time burn time buy time by a time by that time by the time by this time by time by-time by times Calcutta time call one's time one's own call set-up time call time Cape Verde Time capillary refill time Central Africa Time Central Daylight Time Central European Midsummer Time Central European Time, Central Europe Time Central Time centrelink time chair time characteristic time Chatham Daylight Time check-in time check-out time chow time, chowtime Christmas time, Christmas-time chromoscopy time chucking-out time circulation time civilian time civil time clearance time clock time close time closed assembly time closing time clot retraction time clotting time coag time, coagulation time cock-shut-time coding time coherence time collision time colonic transit time Colored People's Time come to time Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar command processing overhead time common time comp time company time compensatory time compile time compound common time compound time computation time concentration time conditioning time conduction time confinement time conformal time connect time constant time contact time continental time continuous-time signal contract time controled variable time, controlled variable time convective mixing time cooking time cooling time Coordinated Universal Time coordinate time core time corner time corrected time cosmic time CPU time crossing time crunch time cubic time cucumber time cure time curing time curtain time cut-off time cut time cycle time damage over time dance-time daylight savings time, daylight saving time, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time day-time, daytime dead time decay time decimal reduction time decimal time decoherence time decorrelation time decree time deep time deferred time delay time departure time detention time dextrinizing time dial-in time dilute Russell's viper venom time dining-time dinner time, dinner-time, dinnertime discrete-time signal disinfectant time disk access time dispensation of the fulness of times docky time do time double time doubling time down time, down-time, downtime dream time, dream-time, dreamtime drinking-up time drive time, driving time drying time DTIME duple time Dutch Time dwell time dynamical time earliest anticipated launch time early time Earth-received time East Africa Time Eastern Daylight Time Eastern European Time Eastern Time ecarin clotting time effluxion of time elapsed flying time elapsed time elementary time unit end times energy confinement time energy payback time energy replacement time engaged time ephemeris time equal time equation of time equilibrium time equinoctial time estimated time of arrival euglobulin clot lysis time euglobulin lysis time evening-time event time every time every time one turns around execution time exit time expiration time exponential time exposure time EXPTIME extended playing time extra time face time fade time fading time fall time Father Time fence 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