time

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   A particular point in the day shown on a clock.

   Do you know what time it is?

3. 3
   noun

   A single occasion when something happens.

   This time they finally succeeded.

4. 4
   noun

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

   We had a wonderful time on holiday.

5. 5
   verb

   To arrange or measure when something happens.

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

Common collocations

• access time Noun + noun
• elapsed time Adjective + noun
• relaxation time Noun + noun
• sidereal time Adjective + noun
• time capsule Noun + noun
• time interval Noun + noun
• time span Noun + noun
• mean time Adjective + noun
• one time Adjective + noun
• over time Preposition + noun

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”) *…

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