Time

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
  • noun. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration.
  • noun. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval.
  • noun. A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes.
  • noun. A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era.
  • noun. The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends.
  • noun. A suitable or opportune moment or season.
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  • noun. Periods or a period designated for a given activity.
  • noun. Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity.
  • noun. A period at one's disposal.
  • noun. An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth.
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  • noun. One of several instances.
  • noun. Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided.
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  • noun. One's lifetime.
  • noun. One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
  • noun. A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion.
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  • noun. A period of military service.
  • noun. A period of apprenticeship.
  • noun. A prison sentence.
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  • noun. The customary period of work.
  • noun. The period spent working.
  • noun. The hourly pay rate.
  • noun. The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast.
  • noun. The rate of speed of a measured activity.
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  • noun. The meter of a musical pattern.
  • noun. The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played; the tempo.
  • noun. The hour at which a pub closes.
  • noun. A time-out.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or measuring time.
  • adjective. Constructed so as to operate at a particular moment.
  • adjective. Payable on a future date or dates.
  • adjective. Of or relating to installment buying.
  • transitive verb. To set the time for (an event or occasion).
  • transitive verb. To adjust to keep accurate time.
  • transitive verb. To adjust so that a force is applied or an action occurs at the desired time.
  • transitive verb. To record the speed or duration of.
  • transitive verb. To set or maintain the tempo, speed, or duration of.
  • transitive verb. To speculate based on the anticipated short-term performance of (a market).
  • phrasal verb. To be canceled if an expected input is not received after a specified time. Used of processes.
  • idiom. (against time) With a quickly approaching time limit.
  • idiom. (any time) Used to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
  • Word Usage
    "I. i.162 (366,9) And what's to come of my despised time] [W: despited] _Despised time_, is _time of no value_; time in which"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dime  Grime  Lyme  anticrime  chime  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    timed  times  timing