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time in WordNet English dictionary
noun- an instance or single occasion for some event
"this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
time clip
- 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"
clock time time
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
fourth dimension time
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
meter metre time
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
"he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
prison term sentence time
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
time
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
"he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
time
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
"he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
time
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
"take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
time
- a suitable moment
"it is time to go"
time
verb- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
"he clocked the runners"
clock time
- regulate or set the time of
"time the clock"
time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
"The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
time
- assign a time for an activity or event
"The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
time
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
"we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
time
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University