Word Meaning

time definition and meaning

n. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
n. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
n. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
n. 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.
n. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
n. Tense.
n. The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
v. t. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
v. t. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
v. t. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
v. t. To measure, as in music or harmony.
v. i. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
v. i. To pass time; to delay.

Crossword clues for time

- Chronology
- Clock display
- Fourth, non spatial dimension
- Leisure or relaxation
- Occasion to spin it around in front of me
- Period in prison
- The sort of bomb that flies or stands still
- Umpire's call
- Word called out by a publican