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times

ti·mes

UK/tɜːmz/ US/taɪmz/ very common informal

noun

1.

the circumstances and ideas of the present age

  • “behind the times”
  • “in times like these”
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2.

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

  • “the multiplication of four by three gives twelve”
  • “four times three equals twelve”
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Origin

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

Phrases

  • at the best of times
  • fast times
  • good times
  • keep up with the times
  • other times
  • sign of the times
  • straitened times
  • times fixed charges

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