The Meaning of time

• (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
• (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
• (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
• (n.) The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
• (n.) A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
• (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
• (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
• (n.) The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
• (n.) Tense.
• (n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
• (v. t.) To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
• (v. t.) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
• (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
• (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony.
• (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
• (v. i.) To pass time; to delay.

Synonyms

clip , clock time , fourth dimension , meter , metre , prison term , sentence , clock

Rhymes

anaheim , anticrime , anytime , bedtime , beim , blenheim , centime , chime , chyme , climb , clime , crime , daytime , dime , dinnertime , downtime , durkheim , enzyme , everytime , fulltime , genzyme , grime , guggenheim , haim , halftime , heim , hime , lifetime , lime , lunchtime , lyme , maritime , mealtime , meantime , mime , nighttime , noontime , onetime , oppenheim , overtime , pantomime , paradigm , part-time , parttime , pastime , peacetime , prime , ragtime , rhyme , schooltime , seim , showtime , sime , slime , sometime , springtime , stime , sublime , summertime , syme , thyme , waldheim , wartime , wintertime