times
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/tɑemz/
English
Definitions
noun
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.“Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time”
- A duration of time.
- An instant of time.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.“Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.”
verb
- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.“I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.”
- To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.“The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.”
- To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
- To pass time; to delay.
noun
- The circumstances of a certain time.“Modern times are so very different from the past.”
- A person's experiences or biography.“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.”
verb
- To multiply.
preposition
- Multiplied by“Four times five is twenty.”
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Synonyms
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