Meaning & Definition of Time in English

1. An instance or single occasion for some event

• "This time he succeeded"

• "He called four times"

• "He could do ten at a clip"

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. A suitable moment

• "It is time to go"

5. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

6. A person's experience on a particular occasion

• "He had a time holding back the tears"

• "They had a good time together"

7. 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"

8. The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

9. Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

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"

1. 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"

2. Assign a time for an activity or event

• "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

3. Set the speed, duration, or execution of

• "We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

4. Regulate or set the time of

• "Time the clock"

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"