times
verb
[ tʌɪmz ]
• multiply (a number).
• "you times the six by four to get twenty-four"
Origin:
late 19th century (in a sense relating to the number of times that a specific dimension is to be repeated in quantitive surveying): use as a verb of times expressing multiplication (dating from late Middle English): see time (sense 5 of the noun).
time
noun
• 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Old English tīma, of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal senses.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’.
at times
• sometimes; on occasions.
• "she is at times cruel and ruthless"
Similar:
sometimes,
occasionally,
from time to time,
(every) now and then/again,
every so often,
(every) once in a while,
on occasion,
on occasions,
on the odd occasion,
off and on,
at intervals,
periodically,
sporadically,
spasmodically,
erratically,
irregularly,
intermittently,
in/by fits and starts,
fitfully,
discontinuously,
piecemeal,
interruptedly,
