time
- noun
- /taɪm/
- We seem to have spent so much time on this question.
- real time
- at the same time
- a long time
It gets it gets a bit easier with time And.
- It gets it gets a bit easier with time And.
- I have no sense of time, days, life.
- And then, you know, time went on mortgage crash.
Examples
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Black Mask was the most famous magazine of its time for that area of the genre.
Academic text (2011) -
It's been there the entire time doing its work.
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No, no, now is the perfect time to start right now.
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All right, now it is time to take off the mask.
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Who spends the most time on their phone?
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And it looks like I'm just in time.
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Ongoing analysis of the collected data may, over time, provide evidence to the contrary.
Academic text (2011) -
I don't want to take too much time with this.
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One survey question asked about the amount of time respondents currently spent thinking about the CSB.
Academic text (2011) -
I need to check the schedule to see what time the concert starts.
Idioms
- Informal
Free time when someone has nothing to do and can choose what to do
- Informal
A situation where people must finish something quickly before it is too late
Compounds
- Informal
A very successful level in entertainment or sport where people become famous
- Specialized
The time when you get information at once, for example stock prices or a heart rate
- Specialized
A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen
- Informal
A short extra time someone or something has after it was expected to end
- US
Time used in the central United States and some parts of Canada and Mexico, one hour behind Eastern Time
The standard time for the eastern United States, five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
- Specialized
A list of numbers measured one after another at regular steps to show change, for example daily temperature or sales
- Specialized
The time between starting and finishing a process often used in business
- Specialized
A system that makes or gets parts exactly when needed to avoid keeping stock
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Time comes from an old German word meaning 'a fixed period' and is related to tide, which once meant a season or moment. That's why time can mean both the continuous flow of events and the measurement we make with clocks.