English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• , /taɪ̯m/, /taIm/

• Rhymes with: -aɪm

Homophones

• thyme

Noun

1. The inevitable passing of events from past to present then future.

   Time stops for nobody.

   the ebb and flow of time

2. A quantity of availability in time.

   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!

   Our instructor didn't give us enough time to complete the test.

   The two of us can never find time to see each other any more.

3. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of 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(n^2) time.

4. In the context of "uncountable|slang": 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.

5. The time of day; the moment in time, 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.

6. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (esp. with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

   It’s time for bed. It’s time to sleep.

   We must wait for the right time.

   It's time we were going.

7. The measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time.

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

   Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.

8. A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.

   At what times do the trains arrive?

   These times were erroneously converted between zones.

9. An instance or occurrence.

   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.

   Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!

10. An experience.

    We had a wonderful time at the party.

11. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

    Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs.

    The time is out of joint... (Hamlet)

    O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)

12. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

    In my time, we respected our elders.

13. (in plural) A person's experiences or biography.

    The Life and Times of...''

Derived terms

• about time, about time too!
• absolute time
• Achilles tendon reflex time
• access time
• acquisition feeding time
• acquisition time
• activated clotting time
• activated partial thromboplastin time
• active braking time
• actual flying time
• adjusted flow time
• administration of the fulness of times
• administrative lead time
• advanced time
• aforetime
• aforetimes
• after-time, aftertime, after-times
• against time
• A-H conduction time
• ahead of one's time
• ahead of time
• air time, airtime
• Alaska-Hawaii Time, Alaska time
• all in good time
• all of the time, all the time
• all this time
• all-time
• Amsterdam Time
• ancient time, ancient times
• anight
• a-nightertime
• any time
• anytime
• any time now
• apex time
• apostolic times
• apparent time
• APTIME
• arrival time
• arrow of time
• ASEAN Common Time
• as old as time, as old as time itself, old as time, old as time itself
• assembly time
• association time
• as time goes by

• as times go
• astronomical time
• at all times
• at any one time
• at a time
• Atlantic Daylight Time
• Atlantic Time
• at no time
• at odd times
• at one time
• at one time or another
• attack time
• at that time
• at the best of times
• at the present time
• at the same time
• at the time

• at this time
• at time
• at times
• at times and again
• at what time
• Australian Central Daylight Time
• Australian Eastern Daylight Time
• autumn-time
• average access time
• average handle time
• average seek time
• background radiation equivalent time
• back time
• Barycentric Coordinate Time
• bathtime
• beat somebody's time
• beat time
• bedtime
• before one's time
• before-time, beforetime
• beforetimes
• behind the times
• behind time
• Beijing Time
• benting-time
• Bering Time
• Berlin Time
• better luck next time
• betweentime, between times, betweentimes
• Bhutan Time
• bide one's time
• big red switch time
• big time
• binding time
• biologic time
• biological time
• birth-time
• bit time
• Black People's Time
• bleeding time
• block time
• blood circulation time
• Bombay time
• Borneo Time
• borrowed time
• bottom time
• bowel transit time
• braking time
• break-even time
• breakfast time, breakfast-time
• break time
• breaktime
• breathing time
• broken time
• Buck Rodgers time
• bullet time, bullet-time
• burn time
• buy time
• by a time
• by that time
• by the time
• by this time
• by time
• by-time
• by times
• Calcutta time
• call one's time one's own
• call set-up time
• call time
• Cape Verde Time
• capillary refill time
• Central Africa Time
• Central Daylight Time
• Central European Midsummer Time
• Central European Time, Central Europe Time
• Central Time
• centrelink time
• chair time
• characteristic time
• Chatham Daylight Time
• check-in time
• check-out time
• chow time, chowtime
• Christmas time, Christmas-time
• chromoscopy time
• chucking-out time
• circulation time
• civilian time
• civil time
• clearance time
• clock time
• close time
• closed assembly time
• closing time
• clot retraction time
• clotting time
• coag time, coagulation time
• cock-shut-time
• coding time
• coherence time
• collision time
• colonic transit time
• Colored People's Time
• come to time
• Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
• command processing overhead time
• common time
• comp time
• company time
• compensatory time
• compile time
• compound common time
• compound time
• computation time
• concentration time
• conditioning time
• conduction time
• confinement time
• conformal time
• connect time
• constant time
• contact time
• continental time
• continuous-time signal
• contract time
• controled variable time, controlled variable time
• convective mixing time
• cooking time
• cooling time
• Coordinated Universal Time
• coordinate time
• core time
• corner time
• corrected time
• cosmic time

• CPU time
• crossing time
• crunch time
• cubic time
• cucumber time
• cure time
• curing time
• curtain time
• cut-off time
• cut time
• cycle time
• damage over time
• dance-time
• daylight savings time, daylight saving time, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time
• day-time, daytime
• dead time
• decay time
• decimal reduction time
• decimal time
• decoherence time
• decorrelation time
• decree time
• deep time
• deferred time
• delay time
• departure time
• detention time
• dextrinizing time
• dial-in time
• dilute Russell's viper venom time
• dining-time
• dinner time, dinner-time, dinnertime
• discrete-time signal
• disinfectant time
• disk access time
• dispensation of the fulness of times
• docky time
• do time
• double time
• doubling time
• down time, down-time, downtime
• dream time, dream-time, dreamtime
• drinking-up time
• drive time, driving time
• drying time
• DTIME
• duple time
• Dutch Time
• dwell time
• dynamical time
• earliest anticipated launch time
• early time
• Earth-received time
• East Africa Time
• Eastern Daylight Time
• Eastern European Time
• Eastern Time
• ecarin clotting time
• effluxion of time
• elapsed flying time
• elapsed time
• elementary time unit
• end times
• energy confinement time
• energy payback time
• energy replacement time
• engaged time
• ephemeris time
• equal time
• equation of time
• equilibrium time
• equinoctial time
• estimated time of arrival
• euglobulin clot lysis time
• euglobulin lysis time
• evening-time
• event time
• every time
• every time one turns around
• execution time
• exit time
• expiration time
• exponential time
• exposure time
• EXPTIME
• extended playing time
• extra time
• face time
• fade time
• fading time
• fall time
• Father Time
• fence time
• final setting time
• find the time, find time
• first exit time
• first hit time
• first return time
• first-time
• first passage time
• flash-to-bang time
• flat time
• flexible time
• flexi-time, flexitime, Flextime, flextime
• floortime
• for a time
• forced expiratory time
• forecast lead time
• foretime
• formation exposure time
• former times
• for old time's sake
• for some time
• for the first time
• for the time

• for time
• four-four time
• frame-alignment recovery time
• frame time
• free-fall time
• free time
• French Revolutionary Time
• fringe time
• from that time on, from this time on
• from time to time
• fruit-time
• full time
• fully automatic time
• functioning time
• gain time
• game time
• garbage time
• gate time
• gelation time
• generation time
• Geocentric Coordinate Time
• geological time, geologic time
• give somebody a hard time

• give somebody time
• give time
• glide time
• go back in time
• the golden time
• a good time

• grass time

• Greenwich time
• Greenwich Time Signal
• gust decay time
• gust formation time
• Hadean time
• half the time
• half time, half-time, halftime
• handling time
• hang time
• the happy time
• hard time, hard times
• harvest time, harvesttime
• have a bad time of it, have a hard time of it, have a poor time of it, have a
• rough time of it, have a thin time of it
• have a good time
• have a good time of it
• have a hard time
• have a lot of time for
• have a time of it
• have a whale of a time
• have little time for, have no time for
• have one more time
• have the right time
• have the time, have time
• have time on one's hands
• have time on one's side
• have time to spare
• Hawaii-Aleutian time
• Hawaii time
• haying time
• heaking-time
• heat time
• heretoforetime
• hexadecimal time
• high time
• hitting time
• hold time
• holding time
• holiday-time
• Hong Kong Time
• H-R conduction time
• Hubble time
• H-V conduction time
• hydraulic retention time
• hypertime
• ice time
• idle time
• imaginary time
• imperfect time
• improper time
• in jig time
• in between times
• incubation time
• in due time
• inertia time
• in good time
• initial setting time
• in its proper time
• injury time
• in less than no time, in no time, in no time at all
• in one's own good time
• in one's own time, on one's own time
• in one's time
• in process of time

• in record time
• instruction time
• integration time
• intellectual history of time
• intermediate time
• International Atomic Time
• International Time Bureau
• Internet time
• interval time
• interval transit time
• in the course of time
• in the fullness of time, in the fulness of time
• in the nick of time
• in the old times
• in the right place at the right time
• in the wrong place at the wrong time
• in time
• in times
• into time
• intra-atrial conduction time
• isovolumic relaxation time
• Israel Daylight Time
• it's about time
• it's a matter of time, it's a question of time, it's only a matter of time, it's only a question of time
• it takes all his time
• junk time

• keep good time
• keep time
• keep up with the times
• kill time
• killing time
• kipper time
• Krasnoyarsk Time
• lag time
• lake retention time
• land before time
• lap time
• last time
• latency time
• latent time
• laytime
• lead time, lead-time
• least time
• left ventricular ejection time
• leisure time
• lethal time
• lifetime
• lighting-up time
• light time
• like the new time
• linear time
• linear time-invariant
• linear time-varying
• link time
• lived time
• live time
• load time
• local sidereal time
• local solar time
• local time
• lock time, lock-time
• longitudinal relaxation time
• long time, long time no see
• long-time, longtime
• a long time coming
• lookahead time
• look-back time
• lose no time
• lose time
• lunch-time, lunchtime
• Lyapunov time
• MAC time
• Madras time
• magnetic local time
• main standard time
• make a time
• make good time
• make time
• make time with
• make up for lost time
• man versus time
• many a time
• many a time and oft, many a time and often
• many is the time, many's the time
• may a time, many time, many times
• march-time
• mark time
• Mauritius Time
• maximum holding time
• maximum seek time
• Maxwell time
• Maytime
• may you live in interesting times
• meal-time, mealtime
• mean free time
• mean hitting time
• mean solar time
• mean survival time
• mean time
• mean time, meantime
• median effective time
• median lethal time
• median survival time
• methods-time measurement
• me time
• metric time
• Middle Eastern Time
• Middle European Time
• midtime
• military time
• minimum seek time
• minimum connecting time
• missing time
• the mists of time
• mixing time
• modern times
• morning time, morning-time
• Moscow Time
• Mountain Daylight Time
• Mountain Time
• move with the times
• musical time
• naptime
• near real time
• needle time
• neither the time nor the place
• Nepal Time
• network option time, network time
• Network Time Protocol
• New Zealand Daylight Time
• Newtonian time
• NEXPTIME
• next time
• nick-time
• night-time, nighttime
• non-Archimedean time, non-archimedean time
• non-deterministic polynomial time
• non-deterministic polynomial time
• non-uniform polynomial-time, nonuniform polynomial-time
• noon-time, noontime
• normal time
• not afore time, not before time
• no time, no time at all
• no-time
• no time like the present, there's no time like the present
• not ready for prime time
• Novosibirsk Time
• now's the time
• NP time
• NTIME
• occurrence time
• of all time
• offset time
• off time, off-time
• off-time
• oftentime, oftentimes
• oft-time, oft-times, ofttimes

• olden time, olden times
• Old Father Time
• old time, old times

• old tyme, olde tyme
• Omsk Time
• on a time
• once upon a time

• one-stage prothrombin time
• one's time is one's own
• one-time, onetime
• one time and another
• one-way light time
• one-way time
• one-word-at-a-time
• only time will tell, time will tell

• on time
• open assembly time
• opening time
• open time
• operating time
• Operation Market Time
• Ordinary Time
• other-times, othertimes
• out of one's time
• out of time
• over time
• overtime
• Pacific Daylight Time
• Pacific Time
• P-A conduction time
• partial thromboplastin time
• part-time

• passage of time
• passing of time
• pass the time

• pastime
• past time, past times
• Patients Out of Time
• peace-time, peacetime
• peace in our time
• pea-time
• perfect time
• perfumed terms of the time
• period of time
• pessimistic time
• P-H conduction time
• Philippine Time
• philosophy and space and time
• physiological time
• place manner time
• Planck time
• play for time
• playing time
• playtime
• please-time
• the Plundering Time
• Poincaré recurrence time
• point in time
• polarisation time, polarization time
• polynomial time
• POSIX time
• post time
• preparation time, prep time
• pressed for time
• press time, presstime
• primary time
• prime time
• principle of least time
• process time
• processing time
• processor time
• procrastination is the thief of time
• procurement lead time
• propagation time
• proper time
• prothrombin time, pro time
• pseudo-polynomial time
• psychophysical time
• pudding time, pudding-time
• pulse decay time
• pulse repetition time
• pulse-time modulation
• pumping time
• push time
• quadratic time
• quadruple time
• quality time
• question time
• Quick's thrombin time
• QuickTime
• quick time
• quiesce time
• quintuple time
• quitting-time

• ragtime
• railway time
• randomised polynomial time, randomized polynomial time
• reaction time
• real time

• real-world time
• reap-time
• reasonable time
• recalcification time
• receiving time
• recoat time
• recognition time
• recovery time
• recurrence time
• recycling time
• redeem the time
• reduced time
• reference time
• reframing time
• regulation time
• relative time
• relaxation time
• released time
• release time
• repetition time
• reptilase time
• reserve the balance of time
• residence time
• response time
• retarded time
• retention time
• return time
• reverberation time
• revisit time
• riding time
• ring-time
• rise time
• round-trip delay time
• round-trip light time
• round-trip time
• running time
• run time, runtime
• Russell's viper venom clotting time
• Russell's viper venom time
• rustle time
• rutey-time
• sack time
• Samoa Time
• the sands of time
• Sandringham time
• sandwich time
• school-time, schooltime
• screen time
• seating time
• the second happy time
• sedimentation time
• seed-time, seedtime
• seek time
• sensation time
• serve the time
• serve time
• setting time
• settling time
• set-up time, setup time
• Seychelles Time
• shepster time
• shop time
• shortening time
• shortest remaining time
• short time
• show somebody a good time
• show time, showtime
• shriving-time
• sidereal time
• sign of the times
• simple time
• single time
• sinoatrial conduction time
• sinoatrial recovery time
• slot time
• slow time
• slowing-down time
• small time

• socially necessary labour time
• sojourn time
• solar time
• some of the time
• some time, some time yet
• sometime
• sometimes
• spacecraft clock time
• Spacecraft Event Time
• space-time, spacetime
• space-time trade-off
• spare time
• speech time
• spin-down time, spindown time
• spin-lattice relaxation time
• spin-spin relaxation time
• spin-up time, spinup time
• split-time
• spring time, spring-time, springtime
• squeaky bum time
• Sri Lanka Time
• standard time
• Standard Zone Time
• standby time
• stand the test of time
• starting time
• start time
• startup time
• the Starving Time
• stay time
• step time
• stimulus-response time
• stoppage time
• stopping time
• stop-time
• storage time
• story time
• straight time
• Stypven time
• subjective time
• subquadratic time
• sudden-death overtime
• sugartime
• summer time
• summer-time, summertime
• superposition in time
• supper-time, suppertime
• survival time
• Swatch Internet Time
• synodic time
• system real-time
• system time
• T1 relaxation time
• T2 relaxation time
• tact time, takt time
• Taiwan Time
• take one's time
• take the time
• take time
• take Time by the forelock, take Time by the top
• take time off, take time out

• talentime
• talk time
• tea-time, teatime
• tee time
• tell the time, tell time
• term-time
• terrestrial dynamical time, terrestrial time, Terrestrial Time

• that time
• there's a first time for everything
• there's a good time coming
• there's a time and a place for everything

• thermal death time
• thermal relaxation time
• they'll do it every time
• thickening time
• think time
• this is neither the time nor the place
• this is no time for
• this time
• three-four time
• three-quarter time
• thrombin clotting time, thrombin time
• tide nor time tarrieth no man
• till time
• time about
• time account
• time adverbial
• time after bit
• time after time
• time agnosia
• time agreement
• time algorithm
• time-aligned
• time alignment
• time and again
• time and a half
• time and frequency transfer
• time and material
• time and methods engineering
• time and motion expert, time-and-motion expert
• time and motion study, time-and-motion study
• time and tide
• time and time again
• time-assignment speech interpolation
• time attack, time-attack
• time average, time-average
• time back
• time ball, time-ball
• time-bandwidth product
• time bank
• time-banking, timebanking
• time bargain, time-bargain
• time-barred
• time base, timebase
• time-based currency
• time-beguiling
• time being
• time-bettering
• time-bewasted
• time bill, time-bill
• time bind
• time-binding
• time bomb, time-bomb
• time book, time-book
• time-bound measure
• time-bound programme
• timebox
• time boxing
• time-candle
• time capsule
• time card, time-card, timecard
• time-catch
• time-catcher
• time-challenged
• time change, time-change
• time chart
• time charter, time-charter
• time check
• time clause, time-clause
• time clock
• time code, timecode
• time-compensated gain
• time complexity
• Time Complex Simulator
• time compression
• time constant, time-constant
• time constraint
• time-constructible function
• time-consuming
• time control
• time copy
• time-course
• time cross section
• time curve
• time cycle

• time decay
• time deixis
• time delay, time-delay
• time-dependent
• time deposit
• time derivative
• time detector, time-detector
• time difference
• time differential
• time dilatation, time dilation
• time-disc
• time discipline
• time discount
• time-distance
• time diversification
• time diversity
• time division, time-division
• time domain
• time draft
• time elapsed counter
• time-element
• time element insurance
• time enough
• time evolution
• time-expired
• time-exposed
• time exposure, time-exposure
• time factor
• time famine
• time fault
• time-fellow
• time flies
• time for print
• time frame, time-frame, timeframe
• time frequency adverbial
• time-frequency analysis
• time-frequency representation
• time front
• timeful
• time fuse, time-fuse, time fuze
• time-gain compensation
• time gentlemen please
• time-globe
• time gun
• time hangs heavily, time hangs heavy
• the time has come
• time heals all wounds
• time hedge
• time hierarchy theorem
• time history
• time-homogeneous Markovian type
• time-honored, time-honoured
• time hopping
• time inconsistency
• time horizon
• time immemorial, times immemorial
• time-independent
• time integration
• time interval
• time-invariant
• time is a great healer
• time is money
• time is of the essence
• the time is ripe
• timeist
• time is up, time's up
• time-keeper, timekeeper
• time-keeping, timekeeping
• time-killer
• time-killing
• Time Lady
• time lag, time-lag
• time lamp
• time lapse
• time-lapse
• timeless
• time letter of credit
• time-like, timelike
• time limit, time-limit
• time line, time-line, timeline
• timeling
• time loan
• time lock, time-lock
• time loop
• time loop logic
• Time Lord
• timely
• time machine
• time management
• time manner place
• time marker, time-marker
• time-memory trade-off
• time marketing
• time migration
• time money
• time-motion study
• time-night
• time note
• time of arrival
• time-of-check-to-time-of-use bug
• time of concentration
• time of day
• time of death
• time of delivery
• time of departure
• time off, time-off
• time-of-flight

• time offset
• time of grace
• time of life
• time of memory
• time of night
• time of occurrence
• the time of one's life
• time of origin
• time of pericenter passage, time of pericentre passage
• time of pitch
• time of the end
• time of the month
• time of travel
• the Time of Troubles
• time-of-use meter
• time-of-use rates
• time of useful consciousness
• time of year
• time-on
• time-one map, time-one mapping
• time optimal control problem
• time order
• time-ordered
• time ordering
• timeous, timous
• time out, time-out, timeout
• time out of mind
• time parameter
• time parameter space
• time past
• time-payment
• time pencil
• time perception
• time period
• time phase
• timepiece
• time, place or manner restriction
• time plan
• time-pleaser, timepleaser
• time-point
• time point set
• time policy, time-policy
• time porn
• time preference
• time premium
• time pressure
• time projection chamber
• time quantum

• time-rate
• time-release
• time-resolved
• time reversal
• times
• time-sampling
• times and often
• time's arrow
• time-saver, timesaver
• time-saving, timesaving
• time scale, time-scale, timescale
• time section
• time sense
• time series
• time series animation
• time served
• time-served
• time-server, timeserver
• time-service
• time-serving, timeserving
• time-share, timeshare
• time-sharing
• time sheet, time-sheet, timesheet
• timeshift channel
• timeshifting
• Timewheel
• time shifting, time-shifting
• time-shutter
• time-sight
• time signal, time-signal
• time signature, time-signature
• Time Simulator
• timesink
• time slice
• time slot, timeslot
• timesome
• times on base
• time-space
• timespan
• times past
• time/space complexity
• time-space compression
• time-space grid
• time-span reduction
• time-span segmentation
• time spent listening
• time spirit, time-spirit
• time spread
• time stamp, time-stamp, timestamp
• time standard
• time step
• times to be
• times to come
• time stop
• time stream, timestream
• time stretching, timestretching
• time structure
• time study
• timesuck

• time switch, time-switch
• times without number
• timetable
• time-taker
• time-taking
• time term
• time test
• time-tested
• time-thrust
• time to come
• time to digital converter
• time to expiry
• time to live
• time to market, time-to-market
• time to maturity
• time to progression
• time trace
• time track
• time-tracking software
• time trade
• time train
• time transfer
• time travel

• time trial
• Time-Triggered Protocol
• time trouble
• time unit
• time unit box system
• time until expiration
• time use research
• time use survey
• time value, time-value
• time value of money
• time value premium
• Time Variance Authority
• time-variant
• time-varied gain control
• time-varying
• time wage
• time-waiter
• timeward
• time warp
• time was
• time-waster, timewaster
• time-wasting, timewasting
• time-watch
• timewave
• time-weighted
• time will tell
• time window
• timewise
• time work, time-work, timework
• time-worn, timeworn
• time zone, time-zone

• timish
• timist
• Tipper and See-Saw Time
• tissue thromboplastin inhibition time
• total running time
• total story time
• to time
• track-to-track seek time
• transaction time
• transition time
• transmission time
• transtime
• transverse relaxation time
• travel time
• traveltime
• triple time
• true time
• tunneling time, tunnelling time
• turnaround time
• turn-off time
• turn-on time
• two-four time
• two-part time
• two-time
• two-way traveltime
• undern-time, under-time
• undertime
• unit of time
• unity of time
• universal time
• Unix time
• unproductive time
• until such time as
• untime
• unto time
• upon a time
• up to time
• uptime
• user time
• utilisation time, utilization time
• Uzbekistan Time
• vacation-time
• valid time
• vampire time
• vintage time
• voice onset time
• wait time
• waiting time
• waketime
• wall-clock time, wall time
• waltz-time
• war time, wartime
• Washington meridian time
• waste of time
• waste one's time
• waste time
• waste-time
• West Africa Time
• Western European Time
• wet edge time

• what do you make the time?
• what in time
• what is the time?, what's the time?
• what time
• what time do you make it?
• what time is it?
• wheel of time
• when the time comes
• whiting-time
• whole blood coagulation time
• whole-time, wholetime
• why in time
• wikitime
• windshield time
• winter-time, wintertime
• within the agreed time
• without time
• word time
• work time
• working time
• worst-case execution time
• Yukon Time
• zone time, zonetime
• Z time
• Zulu time, zulu time

Related terms

• counter-time
• untime
• untimes

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