time
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1.0
- noun
- /taɪm/
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tiempo
- I need to manage my time better to finish all my projects this week.
- spend time
- a time period
- full-time
And I spend a lot of my time with art.
- And I spend a lot of my time with art.
- I've spent a little bit of time with gorillas.
- Anyway, I spent a lot of time in that library.
- You can use your bits of time for bits of joy.
- And spending less time to get to that place.
- I think just take your time, like don't rush it.
- And that is his time is maybe more limited.
- Do you want more of that, like more time off and more fun?
- First is taking your time when you respond to them.
- You have to allow time for people to change.
- And the cost might be too much time, too much energy.
- You might become similarly spending time on on Facebook.
- Where's your practice time to hit the gym?
- And so we have some time left in doing this.
Examples
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Once the data is selected, it is time to decide how to visualize it.
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Anyway, I spent a lot of time in that library.
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And I spend a lot of my time with art.
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Given the right purpose and enough time, you can.
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How do you know when it's time to drop your course?
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And yet it is time to move on.
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Do you want more of that, like more time off and more fun?
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Thus, time spent doing assessment appears to be time well spent when teaching physical education.
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I sometimes feel like I spend so much time working alone in my home office.
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Schools and universities are required to make effort, time, and money to achieve quality in education.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
93
2.2
A length of time that includes certain events
22
2.7
A planned period for an event or activity
8
4.9
The length of time a movie or program runs
4
4.1
The time a computer or service works and can be used
1
3.4
A period of time between a start and an end
Idioms
- Informal
30
3.4
Free time when someone has nothing to do and can choose what to do
- Informal
8
4.5
A situation where people must finish something quickly before it is too late
Compounds
- Informal
161
4.1
A very successful level in entertainment or sport where people become famous
- Specialized
77
3.7
The time when you get information at once, for example stock prices or a heart rate
- Specialized
13
8.1
A four-dimensional framework that joins space and time where events happen
- Informal
12
6.0
A short extra time someone or something has after it was expected to end
- US
11
3.2
Time used in the central United States and some parts of Canada and Mexico, one hour behind Eastern Time
7
2.4
The standard time for the eastern United States, five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
- Specialized
7
3.7
A list of numbers measured one after another at regular steps to show change, for example daily temperature or sales
- Specialized
7
4.5
The time between starting and finishing a process often used in business
- Specialized
4
5.0
A system that makes or gets parts exactly when needed to avoid keeping stock
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Time began as the idea of a 'period' you could use or spend, so it grew into the sense of time as a resource. That's why we say we need to 'make time' or that we do not have enough 'time' to do something.