time
1. an instance or single occasion for some event (Freq. 219)
- this time he succeeded
- he called four times
- he could do ten at a clip
• Syn:
clip
• Hypernyms:
case, instance, example
2. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something (Freq. 160)
- take time to smell the roses
- I didn't have time to finish
- it took more than half my time
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
3. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) (Freq. 114)
- he waited a long time
- the time of year for planting
- he was a great actor in his time
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
day, dead, hard times, incarnation, wee,
while, piece, spell, patch, moment, mo,
minute, second, bit, ephemera, space age
4. a suitable moment (Freq. 43)
- it is time to go
• Derivationally related forms:
timely
• Hypernyms:
moment, minute, second, instant
• Hyponyms:
high time, occasion
5. the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past (Freq. 36)
• Hypernyms:
attribute
• Hyponyms:
geological time, geologic time, biological time, cosmic time, civil time,
standard time, local time, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings,
present, nowadays, past, past times, yesteryear, future,
hereafter, futurity, time to come, musical time, continuum, Greenwich Mean Time,
Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1, duration,
continuance, eternity, infinity
6. a person's experience on a particular occasion (Freq. 10)
- he had a time holding back the tears
- they had a good time together
• Hypernyms:
experience
7. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock (Freq. 7)
- do you know what time it is?
- the time is 10 o'clock
• Syn:
clock time
• Hypernyms:
reading, meter reading, indication
• Hyponyms:
spacecraft clock time, SCLK, prime time, hour, time of day
• Attrubites:
antemeridian, postmeridian
8. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
fourth dimension
• Hypernyms:
dimension
9. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
meter, metre
• Derivationally related forms:
metric (for: meter)
• Hypernyms:
rhythmicity
10. 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
• Syn:
prison term, sentence
• Derivationally related forms:
sentence (for: sentence)
• Hypernyms:
term
• Hyponyms:
hard time, life sentence, life
1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time (Freq. 4)
- he clocked the runners
• Syn:
clock
• Derivationally related forms:
timer, clock (for: clock), clocking (for: clock)
• Hypernyms:
quantify, measure
• Hyponyms:
mistime
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. assign a time for an activity or event (Freq. 3)
- The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
• Derivationally related forms:
timing
• Hypernyms:
schedule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. set the speed, duration, or execution of (Freq. 1)
- we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
• Derivationally related forms:
timer
• Hypernyms:
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. regulate or set the time of
- time the clock
• Derivationally related forms:
timer
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. 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
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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