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time
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Meanings
noun
  • the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
    E.g. travel through space and time
  • a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon.
    E.g. the time is 9.30
  • time as allotted, available, or used.
    E.g. we need more time
  • an instance of something happening or being done; an occasion.
    E.g. this is the first time I have got into debt
  • (following a number) expressing multiplication.
    E.g. eleven times four is forty-four
  • the rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature.
    E.g. tunes in waltz time
verb
  • plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.
    E.g. the first track race is timed for 11.15
  • measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it).
    E.g. we were timed and given certificates according to our speed

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