Noun: time tIm- An instance or single occasion for some event
"this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; - 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"; "he waited for a long time" - An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
"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
"he waited for along time"; "it took some time before he got an answer"; "time flies like an arrow" - 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"; - clock time - The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- fourth dimension - [Brit] Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn] - The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
"he is doing time in the county jail"; - prison term, sentence Verb: time tIm- Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
"he timed the runners"; - 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"
Sounds like: Derived forms: timed, times, timing See also: antemeridian, postmeridian Type of: adjust, attribute, case, correct, determine, dimension, example, experience, indication, influence, instance, instant, measure, meter reading, minute, mold [N. Amer], moment, mould [Brit, Cdn], period, period of time, quantify, quantitate, reading, regulate, rhythmicity, schedule, second, set, shape, term, time period, time span Encyclopedia: Time, place, and manner |