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The
Determiner

time
⌚

Noun

must
Auxiliary

have
Auxiliary

been
Auxiliary

somewhere
Adverb

around
Adposition

six o'clock
.

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1. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
2. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
3. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
4. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
5. (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
6. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
7. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
8. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
9. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
10. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
11. Used with an adjective
12. Used with an adjective
13. Used with an adjective

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time

1. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
2. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
3. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
4. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
5. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
6. A duration of time.
7. A duration of time.
8. (slang) A duration of time.
9. A duration of time.
10. A duration of time.
11. A duration of time.
12. A duration of time.
13. An instant of time.
14. An instant of time.
15. An instant of time.
16. An instant of time.
17. An instant of time.
18. An instant of time.
19. An instant of time.
20. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
21. A ratio of comparison.
22. The measured duration of sounds.
23. The measured duration of sounds.
24. The measured duration of sounds.
25. The measured duration of sounds.
26. (obsolete) A tense.
27. (slang) Clipping of a long time.

1. To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.
2. To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
3. Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.

1. To possess, own.
2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
3. To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
4. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
5. To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
6. To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
7. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
8. To experience, go through, undergo.
9. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
10. Used in forming the perfect aspect.
11. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
12. See have to.
13. To give birth to.
14. (informal) To obtain.
15. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
16. To accept as a romantic partner.
17. To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
18. To cause to be.
19. To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
20. To depict as being.
21. (slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
22. (slang) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
23. To be able to speak (a language).
24. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
25. (informal) To trick, to deceive.
26. To allow; to tolerate.
27. To believe, buy, be taken in by.
28. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
29. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
30. To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
31. To make an observation of (a bird species).
32. To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
33. To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.

1. past participle of be.
2. remote past form of be.

1. In an uncertain or unspecified location.
2. To an uncertain or unspecified location.
3. At some unspecified point.

1. Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
2. Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
5. Near; in the vicinity of.
6. At or to various places within.

1. The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).
2. The start of the nineteenth hour of the day; 6:00 p.m. (18:00).
3. (informal) A position behind (horizontal clock orientation) or below (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 6 mark on a clock face)

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The Determiner time ⌚ Noun must Auxiliary have Auxiliary been Auxiliary somewhere Adverb around Adposition six o'clock .

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The
Determiner

time
⌚

Noun

must
Auxiliary

have
Auxiliary

been
Auxiliary

somewhere
Adverb

around
Adposition

six o'clock
.

The time must have been somewhere around six o'clock.
The time must have been somewhere around six o'clock.