English noun: times | |||
1. | times (time) a more or less definite period of time now or previously present | ||
Samples | It was a sign of the times. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | contemporary world, modern times, modern world, present times, Roman times | ||
2. | times (act) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | ||
Samples | The multiplication of four by three gives twelve. Four times three equals twelve. | ||
Synonyms | multiplication | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arithmetic operation | ||