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times

/tɑemz/
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noun

  • The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

    "Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time"

  • A duration of time.
  • An instant of time.
  • The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

    "Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."

  • Ratio of comparison.

    "your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this"

  • (grammar) Tense.

    "the time of a verb"

  • The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

    "common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time."

verb

  • To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

    "I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block."

  • To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

    "The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl."

  • To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
  • To pass time; to delay.
  • To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
  • To measure, as in music or harmony.
Synonyms:setclock

noun

  • The circumstances of a certain time.

    "Modern times are so very different from the past."

  • A person's experiences or biography.

    "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter."

verb

  • To multiply.

preposition

  • Multiplied by

    "Four times five is twenty."

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