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TIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Example:
time flies like an arrow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
eternity; infinity (time without end)
continuance; duration (the property of enduring or continuing in time)
GMT; Greenwich Mean Time; Greenwich Time; universal time; UT; UT1 (the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere)
continuum (a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts)
musical time ((music) the beat of musical rhythm)
future; futurity; hereafter; time to come (the time yet to come)
past; past times; yesteryear (the time that has elapsed)
nowadays; present (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech)
daylight-saving time; daylight-savings time; daylight saving; daylight savings (time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings)
civil time; local time; standard time (the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom)
cosmic time (the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe)
biological time (the time of various biological processes)
geologic time; geological time (the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person's experience on a particular occasion
Example:
they had a good time together
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An instance or single occasion for some event
Example:
he could do ten at a clip
Synonyms:
clip; time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
case; example; instance (an occurrence of something)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
Example:
he was a great actor in his time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
space age (the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present)
ephemera (something transitory; lasting a day)
bit; minute; mo; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)
patch; piece; spell; while (a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition)
wee (a short time)
incarnation (time passed in a particular bodily form)
hard times (a time of difficulty)
dead (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense)
day (some point or period in time)
Derivation:
time (regulate or set the time of)
time (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A reading of a point in time as given by a clock
Example:
the time is 10 o'clock
Synonyms:
clock time; time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)
Attribute:
antemeridian (before noon)
postmeridian (after noon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
SCLK; spacecraft clock time (the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft)
prime time (the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available)
hour; time of day (clock time)
Derivation:
time (regulate or set the time of)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
Synonyms:
fourth dimension; time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
Sense 8
Meaning:
The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
Example:
he is doing time in the county jail
Synonyms:
prison term; sentence; time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
term (a limited period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
hard time (a term served in a maximum security prison)
life; life sentence (a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A suitable moment
Example:
it is time to go
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
instant; minute; moment; second (a particular point in time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
high time (the latest possible moment)
occasion (the time of a particular event)
Derivation:
time (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time)
time (assign a time for an activity or event)
time (set the speed, duration, or execution of)
timely (done or happening at the appropriate or proper time)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
Example:
he waited for a long time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Derivation:
time (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they time ... he / she / it times
Past simple: timed
Past participle: timed
-ing form: timing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
Example:
The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
time (a suitable moment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Regulate or set the time of
Example:
time the clock
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
timer (a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times)
time (a reading of a point in time as given by a clock)
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Example:
he clocked the runners
Synonyms:
clock; time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "time"):
mistime (time incorrectly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
time (a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something)
timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)
timer ((sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Assign a time for an activity or event
Example:
The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
schedule (plan for an activity or event)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
time (a suitable moment)
timing (the time when something happens)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Set the speed, duration, or execution of
Example:
we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
time (a suitable moment)
timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)
Context examples:
But all these things took up a great deal of time.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I have a few notes for your guidance, Mr. Malone. I've had my eye on the Professor for some little time.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So I told your brother all the time—but he would not believe me.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
To be neglected before one's time must be very vexatious; but it was entirely the mother's fault.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Red she-wolf. . . . Come in with the dogs at feedin' time. . . . First she ate the dog-food. . . . Then she ate the dogs. . . . An' after that she ate Bill. . . .
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I felt it was a time for conversation and confidence.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Jo told her adventures, and by the time she had finished they were at home.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
At the end of that time there was a universal rising against him.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Now, take your time, and tell me plainly what you want.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
What in the world are you two doing up at Cliffe Royal at this time of night?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
