time
- noun
- /taɪm/
- We seem to have spent so much time on this question.
- real time
- at the same time
- a long time
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- I have no sense of time, days, life.
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Examples
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Black Mask was the most famous magazine of its time for that area of the genre.
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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.
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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.
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I need to check the schedule to see what time the concert starts.
Idioms
- 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
- US
Time used in the central United States and some parts of Canada and Mexico, one hour behind Eastern Time
- Specialized
Time kept by an imaginary sun that moves evenly across the sky to set clocks
- 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
A time zone eight hours behind GMT used in the western United States and parts of Canada
- Specialized
The time between starting and finishing a process often used in business
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.