Overview of noun times

The noun times has 2 senses

• times -- (a more or less definite period of time now or previously present; "it was a sign of the times")


• multiplication, times -- (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed; "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"; "four times three equals twelve")

Overview of noun time

The noun time has 10 senses

• time, clip -- (an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip")


• time -- (a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time")


• time -- (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time")


• time -- (a suitable moment; "it is time to go")


• time -- (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)


• time -- (a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together")


• clock time, time -- (a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock")


• fourth dimension, time -- (the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event)


• meter, metre, time -- (rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration)


• prison term, sentence, time -- (the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail")

Overview of verb time

The verb time has 5 senses

• clock, time -- (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners")


• time -- (assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene")


• time -- (set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely")


• time -- (regulate or set the time of; "time the clock")


• time -- (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely")