time

A1 Topic:Time

Also spelled everytime

US /tɑɪm/ UK /taɪm/ See IPA manual

Freq #74

Meanings

1

noun
What is measured in hours, minutes, days, and years; the continued passing of existence.

Time seemed to pass slowly while we waited.
2

noun
A particular point in the day shown on a clock.

Do you know what time it is?
3

noun
A single occasion when something happens.

This time they finally succeeded.
4

noun
A period during which something happens or a person has an experience.

We had a wonderful time on holiday.
5

verb
To arrange or measure when something happens.

She timed her arrival to match the start of the meeting.

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Word forms

The same word in different grammatical forms.

Noun

Use times for separate occasions or periods, as in three times. Time in general is uncountable.

Singular: time
This is the first time I have visited.
Plural: times
We have visited three times.

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2 noun · a particular point in the... clock time

Word family

Derived forms a-nightertimeaforetimeaftertimeall-timeanightantitimeanytimeautumntimebacktimebairn-timebeamtimebeforetime

Related forms action activity after age autumn before beginning calendar conjugation day early end

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full-time job
employment for the standard number of working hours per week

Adjective + noun
part-time job
employment for fewer hours than the standard working week

Adjective + noun
part-time work
employment for fewer hours than a full working week

Adjective + noun
access time
the delay between requesting stored computer data and receiving it

Noun + noun
elapsed time
the amount of time that has passed since an event began

Adjective + noun
relaxation time
the characteristic time for a disturbed system to return toward equilibrium

Noun + noun

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for the time being
temporarily, until circumstances change
in the nick of time
at the latest moment when success is still possible
long time no see
a friendly greeting to someone you have not seen for a long time
time will tell
the result will become clear only in the future
buy time
to create a delay that provides extra time to prepare or decide
crunch time
the final, high-pressure period before a deadline

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Simplified etymology

Time comes from Old English and originally had much the same meaning as tide: a time, period, or season. In the late medieval legal expression time out of mind and the later time immemorial, it referred specifically to a period beyond legally recognized memory before both phrases acquired the general sense “a very long time ago.”

Etymology

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) *…

tyme Middle English tīma Old English *tīmō Proto-West Germanic *tīmô Proto-Germanic *deh₂imō Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European

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# time

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /tɑɪm/
**IPA (UK):** /taɪm/
**Frequency rank:** 74

## Meanings
1. What is measured in hours, minutes, days, and years; the continued passing of existence.
2. A particular point in the day shown on a clock.
3. A single occasion when something happens.
4. A period during which something happens or a person has an experience.
5. To arrange or measure when something happens.

## Examples
- Time seemed to pass slowly while we waited.
- Do you know what time it is?
- This time they finally succeeded.
- We had a wonderful time on holiday.
- She timed her arrival to match the start of the meeting.

## Derived Forms
- a-nightertime
- aforetime
- aftertime
- all-time
- anight
- antitime
- anytime
- autumntime
- backtime
- bairn-time
- beamtime
- beforetime

## Related Forms
- action
- activity
- after
- age
- autumn
- before
- beginning
- calendar
- conjugation
- day
- early
- end

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tyme
- Root: tīma
- Root: *tīmō
- Root: *tīmô
- Root: *deh₂imō
- Root: *deh₂y-

## Etymology
From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) *…

## AI Etymology
Time is from Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. In present-day use, it can mean what is measured in hours, minutes, days, and years; the continued passing of existence, or a particular point in the day shown on a clock.

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