time

an instance or single occasion for some event

• “this time he succeeded”
• “he called four times”
• “he could do ten at a clip”

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 is his time”

a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

• “take time to smell the roses”
• “I didn”
• “;”

a suitable moment

• “it is time to go”

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

the time as given by a clock

• “do you know what time it is?”
• “the time is 10 o”

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

a person''s experience on a particular occasion

• “he had a time holding back the tears”
• “they had a good time together”

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

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”

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”

assign a time for an activity or event

• “The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene”

set the speed, duration, or execution of

• “we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely”

regulate or set the time of

• “time the clock”

adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time

• “The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely”