Definitions | time |
| noun
- (uncountable) The inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.
- Time stops for nobody.
- the ebb and flow of
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability in time.
- More is needed to complete the project.
- You had plenty of , but you waited until the last minute.
- Are you finished yet? Time"s up!
- Our instructor didn't give us enough to complete the test.
- The two of us can never find to see each other any more.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time.
- Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
- Only your best is compared with the other competitors.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard .
- (uncountable) The time of day; the moment in time, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- Excuse me, have you got the ?
- What is it, do you guess? Ten o"clock?
- A computer keeps using a clock battery.
- (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 .
- Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.
- At what times do the trains arrive?
- These times were erroneously converted between zones.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- When was the last we went out? I don"t remember.
- See you another .
- That"s three times he"s made the same mistake.
- Okay, but this is the last . No more after that!
- (uncountable) A particular occasion.
- It"s for bed. It"s to sleep.
- Ready for our performance? It"s ! Here we go!
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Translations: - French: fois(fr)f
- German: Mal(de)n
- Italian: volta(it)f
- Spanish: vez(es)f
- Dutch: keer(nl)m
verb (times, timing, timed)
- To measure time, especially using a clock of some kind.
- To choose the time for.
- The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Superbowl.
- The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
Translations: - French: (t, fr, chronométrer)
- Spanish: (t, es, cronometrar)
Etymology: (term, tima, tÄma).
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