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noun 
  1. (uncountable) The inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.
Time stops for nobody.
the ebb and flow of
  1. (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.
  1. (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.
  1. (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard .
  1. (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.
  1. (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.
  1. (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.
At what times do the trains arrive?
These times were erroneously converted between zones.
  1. (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!
  1. (uncountable) A particular occasion.
It"s for bed. It"s to sleep.
Ready for our performance? It"s ! Here we go! (seeCites)
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)
  1. To measure time, especially using a clock of some kind.
  2. 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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