time
Meaning
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- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- A duration of time.
- A duration of time.
- (slang) A duration of time.
- A duration of time.
- A duration of time.
- A duration of time.
- A duration of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- An instant of time.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- A ratio of comparison.
- The measured duration of sounds.
- The measured duration of sounds.
- The measured duration of sounds.
- The measured duration of sounds.
- (obsolete) A tense.
- (slang) Clipping of a long time.
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
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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