time

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
2. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
3. (uncountable, usually) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
4. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
5. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
6. (uncountable) A duration of time.
7. (countable) A duration of time.
8. (slang, uncountable) A duration of time.
9. (countable) A duration of time.
10. (countable) A duration of time.
11. (uncountable) A duration of time.
12. (countable, figuratively, singular, uncountable) A duration of time.
13. (uncountable) An instant of time.
14. (countable) An instant of time.
15. (countable) An instant of time.
16. (countable) An instant of time.
17. (UK, countable, uncountable) An instant of time.
18. (countable, uncountable) An instant of time.
19. (countable, uncountable) An instant of time.
20. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
21. (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
22. (uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
23. (uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
24. (uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
25. (countable, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
26. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of tense
27. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable) Clipping of a long time.

Verb

1. (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
2. (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
3. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
4. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
5. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
6. To measure, as in music or harmony.

Intj

1. Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
2. The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
3. A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Synonyms

period

occasion

hour

season

moment

age

era

while

turn

epoch

opportunity

term

clock

instance

date

📅

o’clock

weather

times

day

instant

period of time

when

space

duration

interval

tempo

years

rhythm

point

days

round

year

second

2nd

place

once

clock time

clip

spell

leisure

room

event

tense

metre

minute

beat

measure

lifetime

meter

juncture

scope

Translations

temps

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Zeit

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tiempo

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tempo

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fois

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tijd

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tempo

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heure

hora

moment

durée

χρόνος

temps

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vez

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/taɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tyme

Inherited from Old English: tīma

Cognate with Scots: tym

Cognate with Swiss German: Zimen

Cognate with Danish: time

Cognate with Swedish: timme

Cognate with Norwegian: time

Cognate with Faroese: tími

Cognate with Icelandic: tími

In summary

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”)
*Elfdalian taime (“hour”)
*Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”)
*Icelandic tími (“time, season”)
*Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”)
*Swedish timma, timme (“hour”).

Sentences

Any time but Christmas .

What time will you be heading across ?

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

A library was also established at that time and other minor changes were made .

At that time , he observed , Democracy works well in Turkey .

For the second time in history , Chile won the trophy .