time

sostantivo

1. 1

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

   Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time

   Time is the fire in which we burn.

2. 2

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.

   Time flies when you're having fun.

3. 3

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

   Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

   So long as I travelled at a high velocity through time, this scarcely mattered; I was, so to speak, attenuated – was slipping like a vapour through the interstices of intervening substances!

   We all have a visceral understanding of what it means for the universe to have multiple space dimensions, since we live in a world in which we constantly deal with a plurality — three. But what would it mean to have multiple times? Would one align with time as we presently experience it psychologically while the other would somehow be "different"?

4. 4

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

   Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.

   Given the connection between increasing entropy and the arrow of time, does the Big Crunch mean that time would run backwards as soon as collapse began?

   Eventually time would also die because no processes would continue, no light would flow.

5. 5

   The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

   An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.

6. 6

   A duration of time. A quantity of availability of duration.

   More time is needed to complete the project.

   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.

   Are you finished yet? Time’s up!

   During the whole time of his abode in the Univerſity he generally ſpent 13 hours of the day in Study ;[…]

7. 7

   A duration of time. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

   a long time

   Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.

   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.

   The algorithm runs in O(n²) time.

8. 8

   gergoA duration of time. The serving of a prison sentence.

   The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.

   He is not living at home because he is doing time.

   Arrested on duty at Fort Richardson, both parents had worked hard at blaming the other for their son’s death, but Kate’s meticulous recording of the detail of the bruising found on the child’s body and the physical evidence surrounding the scene, plus patient, painstaking interviews with neighbors above and below stairs had resulted in time for both.

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9. 9

   A duration of time. An experience.

   We had a wonderful time at the party.

10. 10

    A duration of time. An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

    Roman times

    the time of the dinosaurs

    That’s the way things were in those times.

    The time is out of ioynt: O curſed ſpight, That euer I was borne to ſet it right.

11. 11

    A duration of time. A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

    In my time, we respected our elders.

12. 12

    figuratoA duration of time. Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

13. 13

    An instant of time. The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

    Excuse me, have you got the time?

    What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?

    A computer keeps time using a clock battery.

    They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?

14. 14

    An instant of time. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

    it’s time for (you to go to) bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going

    The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

    It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime.

15. 15

    An instant of time. A numerical indication of a particular moment.

    At what times do the trains arrive?

    These times were erroneously converted between zones

16. 16

    An instant of time. An instance or occurrence.

    one more time

    When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.

    See you another time.

    That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.

17. 17

    An instant of time. Closing time.

    Last call: it's almost time.

18. 18

    An instant of time. The hour of childbirth.

    […]came well to Exeter; where ſhe intended to ſtay, till ſhe was deliver’d; for ſhe was within little more than one Month of her time;[…]

19. 19

    An instant of time. The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

    It was his time.

20. 20

    The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

    Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

21. 21

    A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').

    Your car runs three times faster than mine.

    That is four times as heavy as this.

    Canton is the regional primate city of Kuangtung. Its population of three million is ten times that of the second largest city, Shant'ou.

    A mature silkworm is an impressive 2¾ inches (70 mm) long and eats 50,000 times its mature body weight over the course of its development.

22. 22

    The measured duration of sounds.

    dance time; march time

23. 23

    The measured duration of sounds. Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

    The musician keeps good time.

    some few lines set unto a solemn time

24. 24

    The measured duration of sounds. Rhythmical division, meter.

    common or triple time; time signature

25. 25

    The measured duration of sounds. A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.

    After the introduction, the drummer is to play time.

26. 26

    obsoletoSynonym of tense

    the time of a verb

    Though we have, in the notes under the thirteenth rule of the Grammar, explained in general the principles, on which the time of a verb in the infinitive mood may be ascertained, and its form determined;[…]

    The participles of the future time active, and perfect passive, when joined with the verb esse, were sometimes used as indeclinable;[…]

27. 27

    Variante di a long timegergoClipping of a long time.

    I used to pay for things but that was time ago.

    Ats' mum is looking for him, says he ain't been back in time

    INCHEZ:Man this is long! We've been in here for time!

verbo

1. 1

   To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

   I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

2. 2

   To choose when something commences or its duration.

   The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

   The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

   There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

   The human body uses light to correctly time myriad processes, ensuring that liver enzymes are made on schedule, hair cells divide at the right time, and blood pressure stays at a healthy level.

3. 3

   obsoletoTo keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

   With oar strokes timing to their song.

4. 4

   obsoletoTo pass time; to delay.

5. 5

   To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

   Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.

   He was a thing of blood, whose every motion / Was timed with dying cries.

6. 6

   To measure, as in music or harmony.

interiezione

1. 1

   Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

2. 2

   The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

3. 3

   A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

   Time gentlemen please!

Forme

plurale

times

passato

timed

participio passato

timed

participio presente

timing

3ª persona singolare

times