Definition of "time"
- interjection
Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
- noun
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
A quantity of availability of duration.
A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
The serving of a prison sentence.
How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
A numerical indication of a particular moment.
An instance or occurrence.
Ratio of comparison.
An experience.
An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
Closing time.
- verb
To measure seconds, hours etc passed, especially using a clock of some kind.
To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
To pass time; to delay.
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