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English noun: time | |||
| 1. | time (event) an instance or single occasion for some event | ||
| Samples | This time he succeeded. He called four times. He could do ten at a clip. | ||
| Synonyms | clip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | case, example, instance | ||
| 2. | time (time) a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something | ||
| Samples | Take time to smell the roses. I didn't have time to finish. It took more than half my time. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| 3. | time (time) an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) | ||
| Samples | He waited a long time. The time of year for planting. He was a great actor in his time. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bit, day, dead, ephemera, hard times, incarnation, minute, mo, moment, patch, piece, second, space age, spell, wee, while | ||
| 4. | time (time) a suitable moment | ||
| Samples | It is time to go. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instant, minute, moment, second | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | high time, occasion | ||
| 5. | time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attribute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (event) a person's experience on a particular occasion | ||
| Samples | He had a time holding back the tears. They had a good time together. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience | ||
| 7. | time (time) a reading of a point in time as given by a clock | ||
| Samples | Do you know what time it is?. The time is 10 o'clock. | ||
| Synonyms | clock time | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indication, meter reading, reading | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hour, prime time, SCLK, spacecraft clock time, time of day | ||
| Attribute | antemeridian, postmeridian | ||
| 8. | time (time) the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event | ||
| Synonyms | fourth dimension | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dimension | ||
| 9. | time (attribute) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | ||
| Synonyms | meter, metre | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rhythmicity | ||
| 10. | time (time) the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned | ||
| Samples | He served a prison term of 15 months. His sentence was 5 to 10 years. He is doing time in the county jail. | ||
| Synonyms | prison term, sentence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | term | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hard time, life, life sentence | ||
English verb: time | |||
| 1. | time (change) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | ||
| Samples | He clocked the runners. | ||
| Synonyms | clock | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | measure, quantify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mistime | ||
| 2. | time (cognition) assign a time for an activity or event | ||
| Samples | The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | schedule | ||
| 3. | time (cognition) set the speed, duration, or execution of | ||
| Samples | We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | ||
| 4. | time (change) regulate or set the time of | ||
| Samples | Time the clock. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjust, correct, set | ||
| 5. | time (change) adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||
| Samples | The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjust, correct, set | ||
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