times

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

   it was a sign of the times

2. 2
   noun

   plural of time

   It's been ten times more difficult than expected.

3. 3
   noun

   The circumstances of a certain time.

   Modern times are so very different from the past.

4. 4
   noun

   A person's experiences or biography.

   The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

5. 5
   prep

   Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time').

   Four times five is/are twenty

6. 6
   verb

   To multiply.

   I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^([sic]) the answer was 2460 calories...

7. 7
   name

   A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially The Times (published in the United Kingdom), but also The New York Times, The Times of India, Radio Times, etc.

   Mr. Campion seated himself in the client’s chair and crossed his long legs. His hat, his gloves and his folded Times newspaper he held upon his knee.

8. 8
   noun

   an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division

Etymology

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.