time

Meaning

Synonyms

o’clock

period of time

clock time

prison term

appointed time

grammatical tense

length of time

multiplied by

standing about

state of health

time of the year

time period

year after year

alloted time

one o’clock

functions as adv conj since

one hour

short distance

daily interest rate

twelfth part of a day

sun and moon

broadcasting hours

fixed time

specified time

measure time

instant of time

atomosphere

the time

season period

man-time

woman-time

span of time

time-of-day

at the

erst

for a long time

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/taɪm/
Etymology

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. cognates *Scots tym, tyme (“time”) *Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) *Danish time (“hour, lesson”) *Swedish timme (“hour”) *Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”) *Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) *Icelandic tími (“time, season”).

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