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times
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
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- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- IME
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
“Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time”
A duration of time.
An instant of time.
The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
“Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.”
Ratio of comparison.
“your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this”
(grammar) Tense.
“the time of a verb”
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
“common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.”
verb
To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
“I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.”
To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
“The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.”
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
To pass time; to delay.
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
To measure, as in music or harmony.
noun
The circumstances of a certain time.
“Modern times are so very different from the past.”
A person's experiences or biography.
“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.”
verb
To multiply.
preposition
Multiplied by
“Four times five is twenty.”
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Example Sentences
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this
the time of a verb
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
Modern times are so very different from the past.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
Four times five is twenty.
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