time
907
7.3
- noun
- /taɪm/
- Specialized
:
compás
- Traffic cam shot this six blocks away around the time of death.
- 4/4 time
- time signature
- common time
So when you're playing those syncopations against the time, if this moves, it's not happening.
- So when you're playing those syncopations against the time, if this moves, it's not happening.
- But like, I know music time in my car.
Examples
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Well, procedures only work if we follow them every time.
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And then it was time for the main attraction of the night.
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For most of us, there is a direct correlation between time and learning: the more time, the more learning.
Academic text (1999) -
Otherwise you've got committee meetings all the time and nobody knows where they are.
Fiction book (1991) -
The continual integration in musical time of hearing, analyzing, moving, improvising, and notating is important in Dalcroze teaching.
Academic text (2011) -
The drummer kept the time perfectly, allowing the band to stay in sync.
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In music class, we learned how to count time by clapping along to the beat.
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Understanding time is essential for musicians to create a harmonious rhythm.
Synonyms
301
3.3
A regular pattern of sounds and movements, often in music or dance
299
1.0
A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
29
6.0
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem or song
2
4.7
A sign at the start of music that shows beats in each bar and which note gets one beat
1
6.6
A pattern in music with three beats in each bar
1
3.8
A musical beat pattern with four beats in each bar
1
5.2
A beat pattern in music with four beats in each bar, often shown as C
A regular pattern of beats in a song or dance that gives music its timing
A steady beat musicians follow to keep notes and players together
A steady beat that gives the basic timing in music or poems
A pattern of notes where each note has a set length based on a beat, without regular strong beats
A way of counting music in groups of four beats
A time pattern in music with four beats in each bar
A rhythm with two beats in each bar, like many marches
A symbol in written music that shows how many beats are in each measure and which note gets one beat
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Time also came to mean a regular 'period' of beats in music, because music is made of repeating periods. That's why musicians talk about keeping time so everyone follows the rhythm.