time

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to. Not related to.

Noun

 * 1)  The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
 * 2)  A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
 * 3)  Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
 * 4) * 2015, Highfield, Arrow Of Time, Random House ISBN 9780753551790
 * Given the connection between increasing entropy and the arrow of time, does the Big Crunch mean that time would run backwards as soon as collapse began?
 * 1)  The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
 * 2)  The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
 * 3) A duration of time.
 * 4)  A quantity of availability of duration.
 * 5)  A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
 * 6)  The serving of a prison sentence.
 * 7)  An experience.
 * 8)   An ; (with the, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
 * 9)  A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
 * 10)  Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
 * 11) An instant of time.
 * 12)  The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
 * 13)  A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
 * 14)  A numerical indication of a particular moment.
 * 15)  An instance or occurrence.
 * 16) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * One more time.
 * 1)  Closing time.
 * 2) The hour of childbirth.
 * 3) (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
 * It was his time.
 * 1)  The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
 * 2)  A ratio of comparison.
 * 3)  The measured duration of sounds.
 * 4)   Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
 * 5)   Rhythmical division, meter.
 * 6)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 7)  A tense.
 * 1)   An ; (with the, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
 * 2)  A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
 * 3)  Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
 * 4) An instant of time.
 * 5)  The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
 * 6)  A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
 * 7)  A numerical indication of a particular moment.
 * 8)  An instance or occurrence.
 * 9) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * One more time.
 * 1)  Closing time.
 * 2) The hour of childbirth.
 * 3) (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
 * It was his time.
 * 1)  The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
 * 2)  A ratio of comparison.
 * 3)  The measured duration of sounds.
 * 4)   Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
 * 5)   Rhythmical division, meter.
 * 6)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 7)  A tense.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * One more time.
 * 1)  Closing time.
 * 2) The hour of childbirth.
 * 3) (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
 * It was his time.
 * 1)  The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
 * 2)  A ratio of comparison.
 * 3)  The measured duration of sounds.
 * 4)   Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
 * 5)   Rhythmical division, meter.
 * 6)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 7)  A tense.
 * 1)  The measured duration of sounds.
 * 2)   Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
 * 3)   Rhythmical division, meter.
 * 4)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 5)  A tense.
 * 1)   Rhythmical division, meter.
 * 2)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 3)  A tense.
 * 1)   A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
 * 2)  A tense.
 * 1)  A tense.

Usage notes

 * For the number of occurrences and the ratio of comparison, once and twice are typically used instead of one time and two times. Thrice is uncommon but not obsolescent, and is still common in Indian English.
 * The distinction between time as tempo and time as meter  is relatively modern. The dated expression "march time" refers equally to the tempo of a march as it does to the use of 2/4 or 4/4 meter.

Collocations
Typical collocations with time or time expressions.
 * spend - To talk about the length of time of an activity.
 * - We spent a long time driving along the motorway.
 * - I've spent most of my life working here. (Time expression)


 * take - To talk about the length of time of an activity.
 * - It took a long time to get to the front of the queue. See also - take one's time
 * - It only takes five minutes to get to the shop from here. (Time expression)
 * - How long does it take to do that? (Time expression)


 * waste - see waste time

Verb

 * 1)  To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
 * I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
 * 1)  To 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.
 * 1)  To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
 * 2)  To pass time; to delay.
 * 3) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
 * 4) To measure, as in music or harmony.
 * 1) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
 * 2) To measure, as in music or harmony.
 * 1) To measure, as in music or harmony.
 * 1) To measure, as in music or harmony.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 計時
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: tage tid
 * Dutch:, , chronometreren
 * Estonian: aega võtma
 * Finnish: ottaa aika,
 * French:
 * Georgian: დროის ათვლა, ჟამთაღრიცხვა
 * German: Zeit nehmen, Zeit stoppen, Zeit messen
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: mæla tímann á, tímamæla
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وەخت گرتن
 * Norwegian: ta tid
 * Persian: زمان گرفتن
 * Polish: chronometrować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, засекать время
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ta tid på
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: tính giờ,


 * Catalan:
 * Czech: načasovat,
 * Danish:, tidsindstille
 * Estonian: ajastama
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Zeitpunkt wählen, zeitlich planen, ,
 * Icelandic: tímasetja, tímastilla
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tidsinställa
 * Tagalog: magsaoras, isaoras
 * Vietnamese: canh giờ, tính giờ


 * Esperanto: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Norman:

Interjection

 * 1) The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
 * 2) A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.
 * 1) A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Etymology 1
From, from , cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. From, specifically. The Germanic noun is derived from the same root.

Noun

 * 1) hour
 * 2) lesson, class

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1) to

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) fearfully

Etymology
From, from , from , specifically.

Noun

 * 1) an hour
 * 2) a lesson, class
 * 3) an appointment

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) an hour
 * 2) a lesson, class
 * 3) an appointment
 * , moment (mainly poetic)
 * , moment (mainly poetic)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) hour
 * 2) occasion
 * 1) occasion

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a team
 * 2)  sexual orientation
 * 1)  sexual orientation