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Time Definition

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Etymology

From Middle English time, tyme, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Germanic base *tī- (“time, tide”), from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”). Cognate with Danish time (“stound, hour, lesson”), Norwegian time (“time, stound, hour”), Swedish timme (“stound, hour”), Icelandic tími (“time, season”). See also tide.

Pronunciation

Noun

time (countable and uncountable; plural times)

  1. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
    Time stops for nobody.
    the ebb and flow of time
    Time is the fire in which we burn. — Delmore Schwartz, Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day
  2. (uncountable) A quantity of availability in time.
    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!
    Our instructor didn't give us enough time to complete the test.
    The two of us can never find time to see each other any more.
  3. (countable) A measurement of a quantity in time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
    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.
  4. (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
    The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.
    He is not living at home because he is doing time.
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
    Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
  8. (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
    At what times do the trains arrive?
    These times were erroneously converted between zones.
  9. (countable) An instance or occurrence.
    When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
    See you another time.
    That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.
    Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
  10. (countable) Ratio of comparison.
    Your car runs three times faster than mine.
    That is four times as heavy as this.
  11. (countable) An experience.
    We had a wonderful time at the party.
  12. (countable) An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
    Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs.
    The time is out of joint... (Hamlet)
    O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)
  13. (uncountable) (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
    In my time, we respected our elders.

Usage notes

For the number of occurrences and the ratio of comparison, once and twice are used instead of one time and two times. Thrice is obsolete.

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Derived terms

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terms derived from "time"
  • gain time
  • game time
  • garbage time
  • gate time
  • gelation time
  • generation time
  • Geocentric Coordinate Time
  • geological time
  • geologic time
  • give somebody time
  • give time
  • glide time
  • go back in time
  • golden time
  • good time
  • grass time
  • Greenwich time
  • Greenwich Time Signal
  • gust decay time
  • gust formation time
  • Hadean time
  • half the time
  • halftime
  • half-time
  • half time
  • handling time
  • hang time
  • happy time
  • hard time
  • hard times
  • harvesttime
  • harvest time
  • have a bad time of it
  • have a hard time of it
  • have a poor time of it
  • have a rough time of it
  • have a thin time of it
  • have a good time
  • have a good time of it
  • have a hard time
  • have a lot of time for
  • have a time of it
  • have a whale of a time
  • have little time for
  • have no time for
  • have one more time
  • have the right time
  • have the time
  • have time
  • have time on one's hands
  • have time on one's side
  • have time to spare
  • Hawaii-Aleutian time
  • Hawaii time
  • haying time
  • heaking-time
  • heat time
  • heretoforetime
  • hexadecimal time
  • high time
  • hitting time
  • hold time
  • holding time
  • holiday-time
  • Hong Kong Time
  • H-R conduction time
  • Hubble time
  • H-V conduction time
  • hydraulic retention time
  • hypertime
  • ice time
  • idle time
  • imaginary time
  • imperfect time
  • improper time
  • in jig time
  • in between times
  • incubation time
  • in due time
  • inertia time
  • in good time
  • initial setting time
  • in its proper time
  • injury time
  • in less than no time
  • in no time
  • in no time at all
  • in one's own good time
  • in one's own time
  • in one's time
  • in process of time
  • in record time
  • instruction time
  • integration time
  • intellectual history of time
  • intermediate time
  • International Atomic Time
  • International Time Bureau
  • Internet time
  • interval time
  • interval transit time
  • in the course of time
  • in the fullness of time
  • in the fulness of time
  • in the nick of time
  • in the old times
  • in the right place at the right time
  • in the wrong place at the wrong time
  • in time
  • in times
  • into time
  • intra-atrial conduction time
  • intravaginal ejaculation latency time
  • isovolumic relaxation time
  • Israel Daylight Time
  • it's about time
  • it's a matter of time
  • it's a question of time
  • it's only a matter of time
  • it's only a question of time
  • junk time
  • keep good time
  • keep time
  • keep up with the times
  • kill time
  • killing time
  • kipper time
  • Krasnoyarsk Time
  • lag time
  • lake retention time
  • land before time
  • lap time
  • last time
  • latency time
  • latent time
  • laytime
  • lead-time
  • lead time
  • least time
  • left ventricular ejection time
  • leisure time
  • lethal time
  • lifetime
  • lighting-up time
  • light time
  • like the new time
  • linear time
  • linear time-invariant
  • linear time-varying
  • link time
  • lived time
  • live time
  • load time
  • local sidereal time
  • local solar time
  • local time
  • lock-time
  • lock time
  • longitudinal relaxation time
  • longtime
  • long-time
  • long time
  • long time coming
  • long time no see
  • lookahead time
  • look-back time
  • lose no time
  • lose time
  • lunchtime
  • lunch-time
  • Lyapunov time
  • MAC time
  • Madras time
  • magnetic local time
  • main standard time
  • make a time
  • make good time
  • make time
  • make time with
  • make up for lost time
  • man versus time
  • many a time
  • many a time and oft
  • many a time and often
  • many is the time
  • many's the time
  • many time
  • many times
  • march-time
  • mark time
  • Mauritius Time
  • maximum holding time
  • maximum seek time
  • Maxwell time
  • Maytime
  • may you live in interesting times
  • meal-time, mealtime
  • mean free time
  • mean hitting time
  • mean solar time
  • mean survival time
  • mean time
  • meantime
  • mean time
  • median effective time
  • median lethal time
  • median survival time
  • methods-time measurement
  • me time
  • metric time
  • Middle Eastern Time
  • Middle European Time
  • midtime
  • military time
  • minimum seek time
  • minimum connecting time
  • missing time
  • the mists of time
  • mixing time
  • modern times
  • morning-time
  • morning time
  • Moscow Time
  • Mountain Daylight Time
  • Mountain Time
  • move with the times
  • musical time
  • naptime
  • near real time
  • needle time
  • neither the time nor the place
  • Nepal Time
  • network option time
  • network time
  • Network Time Protocol
  • New Zealand Daylight Time
  • Newtonian time
  • NEXPTIME
  • next time
  • nick-time
  • nighttime
  • night time
  • non-archimedean time
  • non-Archimedean time
  • non-deterministic polynomial time
  • non-deterministic polynomial time
  • nonuniform polynomial-time
  • non-uniform polynomial-time
  • noontime
  • noon-time
  • normal time
  • not afore time
  • not before time
  • no time
  • no time at all
  • no-time
  • no time like the present
  • not ready for prime time
  • Novosibirsk Time
  • now's the time
  • NP time
  • NTIME
  • occurrence time
  • of all time
  • offset time
  • offtime
  • off-time
  • off time
  • oftentime
  • oftentimes
  • oft-time
  • ofttimes
  • oft-times
  • old as time
  • old as time itself
  • olden time
  • olden times
  • olde tyme
  • Old Father Time
  • old time
  • old times
  • old tyme
  • Omsk Time
  • on a time
  • once upon a time
  • one-stage prothrombin time
  • one's time is one's own
  • onetime
  • one-time
  • one time and another
  • one-way light time
  • one-way time
  • one-word-at-a-time
  • only time will tell
  • on one's own time
  • on time
  • open assembly time
  • opening time
  • open time
  • operating time
  • Operation Market Time
  • Ordinary Time
  • othertimes
  • other-times
  • out of one's time
  • out of time
  • over time
  • overtime
  • Pacific Daylight Time
  • Pacific Time
  • P-A conduction time
  • partial thromboplastin time
  • part-time
  • passage of time
  • passing of time
  • pass the time
  • pastime
  • past time, past times
  • Patients Out of Time
  • peacetime
  • peace-time
  • peace in our time
  • pea-time
  • perfect time
  • perfumed terms of the time
  • period of time
  • pessimistic time
  • P-H conduction time
  • Philippine Time
  • philosophy and space and time
  • physiological time
  • place manner time
  • Planck time
  • play for time
  • playing time
  • playtime
  • please-time
  • Plundering Time
  • Poincaré recurrence time
  • point in time
  • polarisation time
  • polarization time
  • polynomial time
  • POSIX time
  • post time
  • preparation time
  • prep time
  • pressed for time
  • presstime
  • press time
  • primary time
  • prime time
  • principle of least time
  • process time
  • processing time
  • processor time
  • procrastination is the thief of time
  • procurement lead time
  • propagation time
  • proper time
  • prothrombin time
  • pro time
  • pseudo-polynomial time
  • pseudotime
  • psychophysical time
  • pudding-time
  • pudding time
  • pulse decay time
  • pulse repetition time
  • pulse-time modulation
  • pumping time
  • push time
  • quadratic time
  • quadruple time
  • quality time
  • question time
  • Quick's thrombin time
  • quick time
  • quiesce time
  • quintuple time
  • quitting-time
  • ragtime
  • railway time
  • randomised polynomial time
  • randomized polynomial time
  • reaction time
  • realtime
  • real-time
  • real time
  • real-world time
  • reap-time
  • reasonable time
  • recalcification time
  • receiving time
  • recoat time
  • recognition time
  • recovery time
  • recurrence time
  • recycling time
  • redeem the time
  • reduced time
  • reference time
  • reframing time
  • regulation time
  • relative time
  • relaxation time
  • released time
  • release time
  • repetition time
  • reptilase time
  • reserve the balance of time
  • residence time
  • response time
  • retarded time
  • retention time
  • return time
  • reverberation time
  • revisit time
  • riding time
  • ring-time
  • rise time
  • rough time of it
  • round-trip delay time
  • round-trip light time
  • round-trip time
  • running time
  • runtime
  • run time
  • Russell's viper venom clotting time
  • Russell's viper venom time
  • rustle time
  • rutey-time
  • sack time
  • Samoa Time
  • sands of time
  • Sandringham time
  • sandwich time
  • school-time, schooltime
  • screen time
  • seating time
  • second happy time
  • sedimentation time
  • seedtime
  • seed-time
  • seek time
  • sensation time
  • serve the time
  • serve time
  • setting time
  • settling time
  • setup time
  • set-up time
  • Seychelles Time
  • shepster time
  • shop time
  • shortening time
  • shortest remaining time
  • short time
  • show somebody a good time
  • showtime
  • show time
  • shriving-time
  • sidereal time
  • sign of the times
  • simple time
  • single time
  • sinoatrial conduction time
  • sinoatrial recovery time
  • slot time
  • slow time
  • slowing-down time
  • small time
  • socially necessary labour time
  • sojourn time
  • solar time
  • some of the time
  • sometime
  • some time
  • sometimes
  • some time yet
  • spacecraft clock time
  • Spacecraft Event Time
  • spacetime
  • space-time
  • space-time trade-off
  • spare time
  • speech time
  • spindown time
  • spin-down time
  • spin-lattice relaxation time
  • spin-spin relaxation time
  • spinup time
  • spin-up time
  • split-time
  • springtime
  • spring-time
  • spring time
  • squeaky bum time
  • Sri Lanka Time
  • standard time
  • Standard Zone Time
  • standby time
  • stand the test of time
  • starting time
  • start time
  • startup time
  • Starving Time
  • stay time
  • step time
  • stimulus-response time
  • stoppage time
  • stopping time
  • stop-time
  • storage time
  • story time
  • straight time
  • Stypven time
  • subjective time
  • subquadratic time
  • sudden-death overtime
  • sugartime
  • summertime
  • summer-time
  • summer time
  • superposition in time
  • suppertime
  • supper-time
  • survival time
  • Swatch Internet Time
  • synodic time
  • system real-time
  • system time
  • T1 relaxation time
  • T2 relaxation time
  • tact time
  • takt time
  • Taiwan Time
  • take one's time
  • take the time
  • take time
  • take Time by the forelock
  • take Time by the top
  • take time off
  • take time out
  • talk time
  • teatime
  • tea-time
  • tee time
  • tell the time, tell time
  • term-time
  • terrestrial dynamical time
  • terrestrial time
  • Terrestrial Time
  • test of time
  • that time
  • there's a first time for everything
  • there's a good time coming
  • there's a time and a place for everything
  • there's no time like the present
  • thermal death time
  • thermal relaxation time
  • they'll do it every time
  • thickening time
  • think time
  • this is neither the time nor the place
  • this is no time for
  • this time
  • three-four time
  • three-quarter time
  • thrombin clotting time
  • thrombin time
  • tide nor time tarrieth no man
  • till time
  • time about
  • time account
  • time adverbial
  • time after bit
  • time after time
  • time agnosia
  • time agreement
  • time algorithm
  • time-aligned
  • time alignment
  • time and again
  • time and a half
  • time and frequency transfer
  • time and material
  • time and methods engineering
  • time-and-motion expert
  • time and motion expert
  • time-and-motion study
  • time and motion study
  • time and tide
  • time and time again
  • time-assignment speech interpolation
  • time-attack
  • time attack
  • time-average
  • time average
  • time back
  • time-ball
  • time ball
  • time-bandwidth product
  • time bank
  • timebanking
  • time-banking
  • time-bargain
  • time bargain
  • time-barred
  • timebase
  • time base
  • time-based currency
  • time-beguiling
  • time being
  • time-bettering
  • time-bewasted
  • time-bill
  • time bill
  • time bind
  • time-binding
  • time-bomb
  • time bomb
  • time-book
  • time book
  • time-bound measure
  • time-bound programme
  • timebox
  • time boxing
  • time-candle
  • time capsule
  • timecard
  • time-card
  • time card
  • time-catch
  • time-catcher
  • time-challenged
  • time-change
  • time change
  • time chart
  • time-charter
  • time charter
  • time check
  • time-clause
  • time clause
  • time clock
  • timecode
  • time code
  • time-compensated gain
  • time complexity
  • Time Complex Simulator
  • time compression
  • time-constant
  • time constant
  • time constraint
  • time-constructible function
  • time-consuming
  • time control
  • time copy
  • time-course
  • time cross section
  • time curve
  • time cycle
  • time decay
  • time deixis
  • time-delay
  • time delay
  • time-dependent
  • time deposit
  • time derivative
  • time-detector
  • time detector
  • time difference
  • time differential
  • time dilation
  • time dilatation
  • time-disc
  • time discipline
  • time discount
  • time-distance
  • time diversification
  • time diversity
  • time-division
  • time division
  • time domain
  • time draft
  • time elapsed counter
  • time-element
  • time element insurance
  • time enough
  • time evolution
  • time-expired
  • time-exposed
  • time-exposure
  • time exposure
  • time factor
  • time famine
  • time fault
  • time-fellow
  • time flies
  • time for print
  • timeframe
  • time-frame
  • time frame
  • time frequency adverbial
  • time-frequency analysis
  • time-frequency representation
  • time front
  • timeful
  • timefuse
  • time-fuse
  • time fuze
  • time-gain compensation
  • time gentlemen please
  • time-globe
  • time gun
  • time hangs heavily
  • time hangs heavy
  • time has come
  • time heals all wounds
  • time hedge
  • time hierarchy theorem
  • time history

Related terms

Verb

time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past and past participle timed)

  1. To measure seconds, hours etc passed, especially using a clock of some kind.
  2. To choose how long something lasts.
    The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
    The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to measure time
  • Danish: tage tid da(da)
  • Estonian: aega võtma et(et)
  • Finnish: ottaa aika fi(fi), kellottaa fi(fi)
  • French: chronométrer fr(fr)
  • German: Zeit de(de) nehmen de(de), Zeit stoppen de(de), Zeit messen de(de)
  • Greek: χρονομετρώ (khronometró)
  • Icelandic: mæla tímann á is(is), tímamæla is(is)
  • Kurdish: وه‌خت گرتن
  • Mandarin: 計時 cmn(cmn)
  • Norwegian: ta tid no(no)
  • Portuguese: cronometrar pt(pt)
  • Spanish: cronometrar es(es)
  • Swedish: ta tid sv(sv) på
  • Thai: จับเวลา th(th) (jàp way-laa)
to choose the time for
  • Czech: načasovat (human decision), časovat (of a device)
  • Danish: time da(da) (human decision), tidsindstille da(da) (of a device)
  • Estonian: ajastama et(et)
  • Finnish: ajoittaa (human decision), ajastaa (of a device)
  • German: timen de(de), Zeitpunkt de(de) wählen de(de)
  • Icelandic: tímasetja is(is) (human decision), tímastilla is(is) (of a device)
  • Italian: fissare it(it), programmare it(it)
  • Swedish: tajma sv(sv) (human decision), tidsinställa sv(sv) (of a device)
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Danish

Noun

time c. (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)

  1. hour
  2. lesson, class

Inflection

Inflection of time
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative time timen timer timerne
genitive times timens timers timernes

Verb

time (imperative time, infinitive at time, present tense timer, past tense timede, past participle har timet)

  1. time

Esperanto

Etymology

tim- + -e

Adverb

time

  1. fearfully

Latin

Verb

timē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of timeō
    1. "fear thou"
    2. "be thou afraid"

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse tími.

Noun

time

  1. hour
  2. lesson, class
  3. time

Inflection

Inflection of time
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m time timen timer timene
Nynorsk m time timen timar timane

Portuguese

Noun

time m. (plural times)

  1. a team

Spanish

Verb

time (infinitive timar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of timar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of timar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of timar.

 

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Q. I have three baby green cheek conures that i have been handfeeding. The oldest one is now 5 weeks old and the youngest 4 weeks old. They are being hand fed 4 times a day. I have been trying to switch to 3 already but they start to cry before it is time for feeding again and their crops empty like two ours before the due time. Should i let them cry until it is time or stay feeding them 4 times a day for a few more days?
Asked by Reynier H - Mon Jul 12 15:09:41 2010 - - 2 Answers - Comments

A. During the middle of the day...after lunch time and before super time. -- PA
Answered by Deltaflyer12 - Mon Jul 12 20:27:59 2010

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