time
noun
1 time
An instance or single occasion for some event:
— This time he succeeded.
— He called four times.
synonym: clip.
Roget 106:
time,
duration;
period,
term,
stage,
space,
span,
spell,
season;
the whole time,
the whole period;
space-time;
course
etc.
109;
snap.
intermediate time,
while,
interim,
interval,
pendency†;
intervention,
intermission,
intermittence,
interregnum,
interlude;
respite.
era,
epoch;
time of life,
age,
year,
date;
decade
etc.
(period)
108;
moment,
etc.
(instant)
113.
glass of time,
sands of time,
march of time,
Father Time,
ravages of time;
arrow of time;
river of time,
whirligig of time,
noiseless foot of time;
scythe.
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Roget 113:
instantaneity,
instantaneousness,
immediacy;
suddenness,
abruptness.
moment,
instant,
second,
minute;
twinkling,
trice,
flash,
breath,
crack,
jiffy,
coup,
burst,
flash of lightning,
stroke of time.
epoch,
time;
time of day,
time of night;
hour,
minute;
very minute
&c.,
very time,
very hour;
present time,
right time,
true time,
exact correct time.
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Roget 685:
leisure;
convenience;
spare time,
spare hours,
spare moments;
vacant hour;
time,
time to spare,
time on one's hands;
holiday,
relaxation
etc.
(rest)
687;
otium cum dignitate [Lat.]
[Cicero],
ease.
no hurry;
no big rush;
no deadline.
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Dutch: keer, maal
Polish: raz
2 time
A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.
Dutch: tijd, tijdsafstand, tijdsduur
3 time
An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).
Dutch: tijd
Polish: czas
4 time
A suitable moment.
Polish: pora, kolej
5 time
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past.
Dutch: tijd
Polish: czas
6 time
A person's experience on a particular occasion.
7 time
A reading of a point in time as given by a clock:
— Do you know what time it is?.
— The time is 10 o'clock.
synonym: clock time.
Dutch: uur
Polish: czas
8 time
The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event.
synonym: fourth dimension.
Dutch: tijd
Polish: czwarty wymiar
9 time
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.
synonyms: meter, metre.
10 time
The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned:
— He is doing time in the county jail.
synonyms: prison term, sentence.
Dutch: tijd, straftijd
Polish: więzienie, odsiadka
verb
1 time
Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
synonym: clock.
Dutch: timen
2 time
Assign a time for an activity or event.
3 time
Set the speed, duration, or execution of.
4 time
Regulate or set the time of.
5 time
Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.
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