Définitions
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; Time flies when you're having fun.; Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.; Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.; An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change."
2.NounThe feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual."Time flies when you're having fun."
3.NounA 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."
4.NounChange 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."
5.NounThe 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."
6.NounA duration of time.
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!; 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(n) time.; The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.; He is not living at home because he is doing time.; We had a wonderful time at the party.; Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs; That’s the way things were in those times.; In my time, we respected our elders."
7.NounA 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!"
8.NounA 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(n) time."
9.NounThe 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."
10.NounAn experience."We had a wonderful time at the party."
11.NounAn era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs."Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs; That’s the way things were in those times."
12.NounA person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day."In my time, we respected our elders."
13.NounTime out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
14.NounAn instant of time.
The duration of time of a given day that 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.; They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?; it’s time for (you to go to) bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going; At what times do the trains arrive?; These times were erroneously converted between zones; one more time; 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!; Last call: it's almost time.; It was his time."
15.NounThe duration of time of a given day that 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.; They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?"
16.NounA particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive)."it’s time for (you to go to) bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going"
17.NounA numerical indication of a particular moment."At what times do the trains arrive?; These times were erroneously converted between zones"
18.NounAn instance or occurrence."one more time; 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!"
19.NounClosing time."Last call: it's almost time."
20.NounThe hour of childbirth.
21.NounThe end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined."It was his time."
22.NounThe measurement under some system of region of day or moment."Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."
23.NounA ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times')."Your car runs three times faster than mine.; That is four times as heavy as this."
24.NounThe measured duration of sounds."dance time; march time; The musician keeps good time.; common or triple time; time signature; After the introduction, the drummer is to play time."
25.NounTempo; a measured rate of movement."The musician keeps good time."
26.NounRhythmical division, meter."common or triple time; time signature"
27.NounA straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments."After the introduction, the drummer is to play time."
28.NounSynonym of tense"the time of a verb"
29.NounClipping of a long time.
30.VerbTo measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something."I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block."
31.VerbTo choose when something commences or its duration."The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.; The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m."
32.VerbTo keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
33.VerbTo pass time; to delay.
34.VerbTo regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
35.VerbTo measure, as in music or harmony.
36.InterjectionReminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
37.InterjectionThe umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
38.InterjectionA call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served."Time gentlemen please!"