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"do you know what time it is?" "the time is 10 o'clock"nouna reading of a point in time as given by a clock
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"this time he succeeded" "he called four times"nounan instance or single occasion for some event
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"he is doing time in the county jail"nounthe period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
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verbmeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
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nounthe fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
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"The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"verbadjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
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"the time of year for planting" "he was a great actor in his time"nounan indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)type of:
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"take time to smell the roses" "I didn't have time to finish" "it took more than half my time" "he waited for a long time"nouna period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish somethingtype of:
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"he had a time holding back the tears" "they had a good time together"nouna person's experience on a particular occasiontype of:
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"The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"verbassign a time for an activity or eventtype of:
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"it is time to go"nouna suitable moment
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"time the clock"verbregulate or set the time of
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"we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"verbset the speed, duration, or execution of
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"he waited for along time" "it took some time before he got an answer" "time flies like an arrow"nounthe continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the pasttype of:
Definition that contains time
- day time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- wait time during which some action is awaited
- hold time during which some action is awaited
- middle time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
- delay time during which some action is awaited
- eternity time without end
- infinity time without end
- leisure time available for ease and relaxation
- playtime time for play or diversion
- incarnation time passed in a particular bodily form