TIME
\tˈa͡ɪm], \tˈaɪm], \t_ˈaɪ_m]\
Definitions of TIME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
-
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
-
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 is his time"
-
a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
-
adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
-
a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
-
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"
-
regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
-
assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
By Princeton University
-
set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
-
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
-
a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears" or"they had a good time together"
-
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 is his time"
-
a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
-
adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
-
A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
-
The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
-
A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
-
Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
-
Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
-
The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
-
Tense.
-
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
-
To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
-
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
-
To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
-
To measure, as in music or harmony.
-
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
-
To pass time; to delay.
-
The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; - often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
By Oddity Software
-
Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
-
A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
-
The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
-
A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
-
Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
-
Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
-
The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
-
Tense.
-
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
-
To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
-
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
-
To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
-
To measure, as in music or harmony.
-
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
-
To pass time; to delay.
-
The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; - often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
By Noah Webster.
-
Measure of duration, whether past, present, or future; a certain period of duration; as, a long time; length of a person's life; a flxed hour for some event: period in which anything occurred or a person lived; present life or existence; season; age; date; era; proper date; system of measurement by hours, days, weeks, etc.; system by which music is divided into measures; repetition.
-
To keep or beat time.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
To keep or beat time.
-
A point at which or period during which things happen: a season or proper time: an opportunity: absolute duration: an interval: past time: the duration of one's life: allotted period: repetition of anything or mention with reference to repetition: musical measure: hour of travail: the state of things at any period, usually in pl.: the history of the world, as opposed to eternity: addition of a thing to itself.
By Daniel Lyons
-
Point or period of any occurrence; duration; season; allotted period; the present life; repetition.
-
To do at the proper season; regulate as to time; measure the time of.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
To adapt to the time or occasion.
-
To regulate as to time; keep time.
-
To record the time or rate of.
-
Infinite duration or its measure.
-
A point in duration; date; occasion.
-
(1) Rate of movement. (2) The duration or comparative value of a tone.
By James Champlin Fernald
-
n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Irish, Gaelic, French, Latin] A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future;- a proper season ; an opportunity;- absolute or unmeasured duration ;-the duration of one's life ; hours and days one has at his disposal ;-the period at which any definite event occurred or person lived ; age ; period ;-allotted period; life-time;-the present state of things; earthly existence ;-period of completed pregnancy ; hour of travail in child-birth;- repetition ; doubling; addition of a number to itself ;-repeated act or performance ; mention or statement of a thing done repeatedly;-in music, relative duration of sound or the measure of that duration ; note ; tone :-also, quickness or slowness of a movement or musical composition;-in grammar, a tense marking the period of action, presents past, or future ; -pl. state of things at a particular period.
Word of the day
international pitch
- the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz A above middle C