time
noun
[ tʌɪm ]
• the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
• "travel through space and time"
• a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon.
• "the time is 9.30"
• time as allotted, available, or used.
• "we need more time"
• an instance of something happening or being done; an occasion.
• "this is the first time I have got into debt"
• (following a number) expressing multiplication.
• "eleven times four is forty-four"
• the rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature.
• "tunes in waltz time"
Similar:
rhythm,
tempo,
beat,
pulse,
flow,
metre,
measure,
cadence,
pattern,
accent,
stress,
time
verb
• plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.
• "the first track race is timed for 11.15"
Similar:
schedule,
set,
set up,
arrange,
organize,
fix,
fix up,
fix a time for,
book,
line up,
slot in,
prearrange,
timetable,
bill,
programme,
plan,
slate,
• measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it).
• "we were timed and given certificates according to our speed"
Origin:
Old English tīma, of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal senses. The earliest of the current verb senses (dating from late Middle English) is ‘do (something) at a particular moment’.
on time
• punctual; punctually.
• "the train was on time"
Similar:
punctual(ly),
prompt(ly),
in time,
in good time,
to/on schedule,
when expected,
timely,
well timed,
on the dot,
bang/spot on time,
