English Dictionary

time

/taɪm/

noun

(physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

Time is a fundamental concept in physics.

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(physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

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(physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.

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(physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.

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(uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.

More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finished yet? Time’s up!

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(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other competitors. The algorithm runs in O(n²) time.

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(uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.

Arrested on duty at Fort Richardson, both parents had worked hard at blaming the other for their son's death, but Kate's meticulous recording of the detail of the bruising found on the child's body and the physical evidence surrounding the scene, plus patient, painstaking interviews with neighbors above and below stairs had resulted in time for both.

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(countable) An experience.

We had a wonderful time at the party.

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(countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs

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(uncountable, with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

In my time, we respected our elders.

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(only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

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(uncountable) How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery.

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(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going

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(countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.

at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones

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(countable) An instance or occurrence.

When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.

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(UK, in public houses) Closing time.

Last call: it's almost time.

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The hour of childbirth.

She was within little more than one month of her time.

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(as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

It was his time.

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(countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

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(countable) Ratio of comparison.

your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this

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(grammar, dated) Tense.

the time of a verb

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(music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.