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time > 15 senses
NOUN1time, clipAn instance or single occasion for some event
2timeAn indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
3timeA period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
4timeA suitable moment
5timeThe continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
6time, clock timeThe time as given by a clock
7time, fourth dimensionThe fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
8timeA person's experience on a particular occasion
9time, meter, metreRhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
10time, prison term, sentenceThe period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
VERB1time, clockMeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
2timeAssign a time for an activity or event
3timeSet the speed, duration, or execution of
4timeRegulate or set the time of
5timeAdjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time
time > pronunciation
Soundstay'm
RhymesAnaheim, bedtime, Blenheim, and 48 more rhymes in aym at the HyperDic website...
time > noun 1, event
MeaningAn instance or single occasion for some event.
Examples"this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"
Synonymsclip
Broadercase, instance, example
time > noun 2, time
MeaningAn indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).
Examples"he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"
Narrowerday; dead; hard times; incarnation; wee; while, piece, spell, patch; moment, minute, second, bit; ephemera; space age
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Verbstime; time
time > noun 3, time
MeaningA period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.
Examples"take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Verbstime
time > noun 4, time
MeaningA suitable moment.
Examples"it is time to go"
Narrowerhigh time; occasion
Broadermoment, minute, second, instant
Verbstime; time; time
time > noun 5, Tops
MeaningThe continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past.
Narrowergeological time, geologic time; biological time; cosmic time; civil time, standard time, local time; daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings; present, nowadays; past, past times, yesteryear, yore; future, hereafter, futurity, time to come; musical time; continuum; Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1; duration, continuance; eternity, infinity
Broaderabstraction
Adjectivestemporal
time > noun 6, time
MeaningThe time as given by a clock.
Examples"do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock"
Synonymsclock time
Attributesantemeridian; postmeridian
Narrowerspacecraft clock time, SCLK; prime time; hour, time of day
Broaderreading, meter reading, indication
Verbstime
time > noun 7, time
MeaningThe fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event.
Synonymsfourth dimension
Broaderdimension
time > noun 8, event
MeaningA person's experience on a particular occasion.
Examples"he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
Broaderexperience
time > noun 9, attribute
MeaningRhythm as given by division into parts of equal time.
Synonymsmeter, metre
Broaderrhythmicity
time > noun 10, time
MeaningThe period of time a prisoner is imprisoned.
Examples"he is doing time in the county jail"
Synonymsprison term, sentence
Narrowerhard time; life sentence, life
Broaderterm
time > verb 1, change
MeaningMeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonymsclock
Narrowermistime
Broaderquantify, measure
Nounstimer; time; timer; time
time > verb 2, cognition
MeaningAssign a time for an activity or event.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples"The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
Broaderschedule
Nounstiming; time
time > verb 3, cognition
MeaningSet the speed, duration, or execution of.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
Broaderdetermine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Nounstimer; time
time > verb 4, change
MeaningRegulate or set the time of.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"time the clock"
Broaderadjust, set, correct
Nounstime; time; timer
time > verb 5, change
MeaningAdjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
Broaderadjust, set, correct
Nounstime

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