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Time

noun
/tɑem/
Word Frequency: 955.2

Definitions

1.nounThe inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
"Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time"
2.nounA duration of time.
3.nounAn instant of time.
4.nounThe measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
"Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."
5.nounRatio of comparison.
"your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this"
6.noun(grammar) Tense.
"the time of a verb"
7.nounThe measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
"common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time."
8.verbTo measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
"I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block."
9.verbTo choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
"The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl."
10.verbTo keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
11.verbTo pass time; to delay.
12.verbTo regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
13.verbTo measure, as in music or harmony.
14.interjectionReminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
15.interjectionThe umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
16.interjectionA call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Synonyms

setclockfourth dimensionmeterclipsentenceclock timeprison termspace-timemomentumsideminute

Rhymes With

paradigmsublimeprimechimepantomimemaritimestimeslime
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