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 | ||