Dictionary entry details
• TIME (noun)
Meaning:
An instance or single occasion for some event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
time; clip
Context examples:
this time he succeeded / he called four times / he could do ten at a clip
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
case; example; instance (an occurrence of something)
Meaning:
An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context examples:
he waited a long time / the time of year for planting / he was a great actor is his time
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
space age (the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present)
ephemera (something transitory; lasting a day)
bit; minute; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)
patch; piece; spell; while (a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition)
wee (a short time)
incarnation (time passed in a particular bodily form)
hard times (a time of difficulty)
dead (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense)
day (some point or period in time)
Meaning:
A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context examples:
take time to smell the roses / I didn't have time to finish / it took more than half my time
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meaning:
A suitable moment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
it is time to go
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
instant; minute; moment; second (a particular point in time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
high time (the latest possible moment)
occasion (the time of a particular event)
Meaning:
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Classified under:
Nouns with no superordinates
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
geologic time; geological time (the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history))
eternity; infinity (time without end)
continuance; duration (the property of enduring or continuing in time)
GMT; Greenwich Mean Time; Greenwich Time; universal time; UT; UT1 (the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere)
continuum (a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts)
musical time ((music) the beat of musical rhythm)
future; futurity; hereafter; time to come (the time yet to come)
past; past times; yesteryear; yore (the time that has elapsed)
biological time (the time of various biological processes)
cosmic time (the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe)
civil time; local time; standard time (the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom)
daylight saving; daylight savings; daylight-saving time; daylight-savings time (time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings)
nowadays; present (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech)
Meaning:
The time as given by a clock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
clock time; time
Context examples:
do you know what time it is? / the time is 10 o'clock
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)
Attribute:
antemeridian (before noon)
postmeridian (after noon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
hour; time of day (clock time)
prime time (the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available)
SCLK; spacecraft clock time (the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft)
Meaning:
The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
fourth dimension; time
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
Meaning:
A person's experience on a particular occasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context examples:
he had a time holding back the tears / they had a good time together
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Meaning:
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
metre; meter; time
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)
Meaning:
The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
prison term; sentence; time
Context examples:
he served a prison term of 15 months / his sentence was 5 to 10 years / he is doing time in the county jail
Hypernyms ("time" is a kind of...):
term (a limited period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time"):
hard time (a term served in a maximum security prison)
life; life sentence (a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives)
• TIME (verb)
Meaning:
Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clock; time
Context example:
he clocked the runners
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "time"):
mistime (time incorrectly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Assign a time for an activity or event
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
schedule (plan for an activity or event)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Set the speed, duration, or execution of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Regulate or set the time of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
time the clock
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely
Hypernyms (to "time" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
