Engelsk navneord: time | |||
1. | time (om begivenhed) an instance or single occasion for some event | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This time he succeeded. He called four times. He could do ten at a clip. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | clip | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | case, example, instance | ||
2. | time (om tid) a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Take time to smell the roses. I didn't have time to finish. It took more than half my time. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | period, period of time, time period | ||
3. | time (om tid) an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He waited a long time. The time of year for planting. He was a great actor in his time. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | period, period of time, time period | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bit, day, dead, ephemera, hard times, incarnation, minute, mo, moment, patch, piece, second, space age, spell, wee, while | ||
4. | time (om tid) a suitable moment | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It is time to go. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | instant, minute, moment, second | ||
Mere specifikke termer | high time, occasion | ||
5. | time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | attribute | ||
Mere specifikke termer | biological time, civil time, continuance, continuum, cosmic time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, duration, eternity, future, futurity, geologic time, geological time, GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, hereafter, infinity, local time, musical time, nowadays, past, past times, present, standard time, time to come, universal time, UT, UT1, yesteryear | ||
6. | time (om begivenhed) a person's experience on a particular occasion | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He had a time holding back the tears. They had a good time together. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | experience | ||
7. | time (om tid) a reading of a point in time as given by a clock | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Do you know what time it is?. The time is 10 o'clock. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | clock time | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | indication, meter reading, reading | ||
Mere specifikke termer | hour, prime time, SCLK, spacecraft clock time, time of day | ||
Kendetegner | antemeridian, postmeridian | ||
8. | time (om tid) the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fourth dimension | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | dimension | ||
9. | time (om egenskab) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | meter, metre | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | rhythmicity | ||
10. | time (om tid) the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He served a prison term of 15 months. His sentence was 5 to 10 years. He is doing time in the county jail. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | prison term, sentence | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | term | ||
Mere specifikke termer | hard time, life, life sentence | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: time | |||
1. | time (om ændring) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He clocked the runners. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | clock | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | measure, quantify | ||
Mere specifikke termer | mistime | ||
2. | time (om erkendelse) assign a time for an activity or event | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | schedule | ||
3. | time (om erkendelse) set the speed, duration, or execution of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | ||
4. | time (om ændring) regulate or set the time of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Time the clock. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | adjust, correct, set | ||
5. | time (om ændring) adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | adjust, correct, set | ||