Definition of "time" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

   • Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time

2. A duration of time.

3. An instant of time.

4. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

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

5. (countable) 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.

6. (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.

   • dance time; march time

7. (grammar, obsolete) Synonym of tense

   • the time of a verb

8. (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.

verb

1. (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

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

2. (transitive) 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.

3. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

4. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.

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

6. To measure, as in music or harmony.

interjection

1. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

2. The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

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

   • Time gentlemen please!