| time [n] |
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| 1) | an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
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| Synonyms : | clip |
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| case |
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| 2) | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time" |
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| period clock day dead hard_times incarnation wee patch bit ephemera space_age |
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| 3) | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" |
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| period clock |
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| 4) | a suitable moment; "it is time to go" |
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| instant high_time occasion |
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| 5) | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
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| abstraction geologic_time biological_time cosmic_time civil_time daylight-saving_time nowadays past future musical_time continuum gmt continuance eternity |
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| 6) | the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" |
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| Synonyms : | clock_time |
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| indication antemeridian postmeridian sclk prime_time hour |
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| 7) | the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event |
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| Synonyms : | fourth_dimension |
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| dimension |
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| 8) | a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" |
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| experience |
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| 9) | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time |
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| Synonyms : | meter metre |
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| rhythmicity |
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| 10) | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" |
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| Synonyms : | prison_term sentence |
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| term condemn hard_time life |
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| time [v] |
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| 1) | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" |
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| Synonyms : | clock |
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| measure timekeeper timer clock clocking mistime |
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| 2) | assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene" |
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| schedule timing |
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| 3) | set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" |
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| determine timer |
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| 4) | regulate or set the time of; "time the clock" |
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| adjust clock_time timer |
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| 5) | adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
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| adjust |
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