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time c (singular definite timen, plural indefinite timer)

timen (definite singular)
timer (indefinite plural)
time (indefinite nominative singular)
timen (definite nominative singular)
timer (indefinite nominative plural)
timerne (definite nominative plural)
times (genitive indefinite singular)
timens (definite genitive singular)
timers (genitive indefinite plural)
timernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), cognate with Swedish timme, English time. From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-, specifically Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō. The Germanic noun *tīdiz (“time”) is derived from the same root.


time

time (past tense timede, past participle timet)

timede (past)
timet (participle past)
timer (present)
timede (past)
har timet (perfect present)
havde timet (past perfect)
times (passive present)
timedes (passive past)
timet (participle past)
time (imperative present)
time (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)


time

Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

So long as I travelled at a high velocity through time, this scarcely mattered; I was, so to speak, attenuated — was slipping like a vapour through the interstices of intervening substances!

1895 May 7, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The Time Machine: An Invention, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 35:

We all have a visceral understanding of what it means for the universe to have multiple space dimensions, since we live in a world in which we constantly deal with a plurality — three. But what would it mean to have multiple times? Would one align with time as we presently experience it psychologically while the other would somehow be "different"?

2010, Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 204:

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

(physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.

Eventually time would also die because no processes would continue, no light would flow.

2012, Robert Zwilling, Natural Sciences and Human Thought, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 80:

2015, Highfield, Arrow Of Time, Random House →ISBN
Given the connection between increasing entropy and the arrow of time, does the Big Crunch mean that time would run backwards as soon as collapse began?

(physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.

(physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

Time flies when you're having fun.

(uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.

Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time

Time is the fire in which we burn.

1937, Delmore Schwartz, Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day:

One of the most common truisms on Earth is the advice to value or at least not waste time. Why has it become so widespread? Every person eventually realizes that time is the most valuable resource on the planet. Not oil or uranium. Not lithium or anything else, but time. Time. The very flow of time convinces us of this. Some people realize this sooner, and these are the lucky ones. Others realize it too late when they lose someone or something. People cannot avoid it, this is just a matter of time. But there is a fundamental difference that comes down to the question of time. The time of your life is under your control. The time of life of our force on the front line, the time of life of all Ukrainians who are forced to live through this terrible Russian aggression unfortunately is subject to many factors that are not all in their control. I do not wish anyone to feel like they are in my shoes, and it's impossible to give a manual on how to go through life so as not to waste time. However, one piece of advice always works. You have to know exactly why you need today and how you want your tomorrows to look like.

2023 May 26, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 0:40 from the start, in Zelenskyy surprises the Johns Hopkins commencement ceremony, MSNBC, archived from the original on 2023-05-26:

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!

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

(uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.

A duration of time.
A quantity of availability of duration.

a long 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(n²) time.

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

The shock of the water, of course, woke him, and he swam for quite a time.

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time.

Arrested on duty at Fort Richardson, both parents had worked hard at blaming the other for their son's death, but Kate's meticulous recording of the detail of the bruising found on the child's body and the physical evidence surrounding the scene, plus patient, painstaking interviews with neighbors above and below stairs had resulted in time for both.

1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 64:

"Ain't gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time."

2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:

(uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.

A duration of time.
The serving of a prison sentence.

We had a wonderful time at the party.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

A duration of time.
(countable) An experience.

Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs; how things were at that time; how things were in those times

The time is out of joint

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Dr. Manuel: You're wasting your time. The age of humanity is over. Our extinction is inevitable.[...]
Shepard: I don't have time for this.
Dr. Manuel: Time? Our time is over.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:

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

In my time, we respected our elders.

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

A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

(only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.

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.

Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

(uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.

it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.

2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

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

at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones

(countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.

A numerical indication of a particular moment.

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!

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

One more time.
Audio (US): (file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

An instant of time.
(countable) An instance or occurrence.

An instant of time.
An instance or occurrence.

Last call: it's almost time.

An instant of time.
(UK, in public houses) Closing time.

She was within little more than one month of her time.

1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

An instant of time.
The hour of childbirth.

It was his time.

(as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

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

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

The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this

The musician keeps good time.

some few lines set unto a solemn time

1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

(music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.

(uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

The measured duration of sounds.
Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

common or triple time; time signature

(uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.

The measured duration of sounds.
Rhythmical division, meter.

After the introduction, the drummer is to play time.

(jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.

(dated) dance time; march time (see usage notes)

the time of a verb

Though we have, in the notes under the thirteenth rule of the Grammar, explained in general the principles, on which the time of a verb in the infinitive mood may be ascertained, and its form determined; [...]

1823, Lindley Murray, Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar, Fortland, page 53f:

The participles of the future time active, and perfect passive, when joined with the verb esse, were sometimes used as indeclinable; thus, [...]

1829, Benjamin A. Gould, Adam's Latin Grammar, Boston, page 153:

I used to pay for things but that was time ago.

2019 September 15, “Wiley Flow” (track 12), in Heavy Is The Head, performed by Stormzy:

Ats' mum is looking for him, says he ain't been back in time

2022 March 18, Ronan Bennett, Gerry Jackson, Tyrone Rashard, Sagirah Gammon, 00:38:33 from the start, in Brady Hood, director, Top Boy(Good Morals) (4), episode 1 (TV), spoken by girl called B:

INCHEZ:Man this is long! We've been in here for time!

2023 January 15, Layton Williams, 12:51 from the start, in Freddy Syborn, director, Bad Education(Prison) (4), episode 3 (TV), spoken by Inchez (Anthony J. Abraham):

en-noun

time (countable and uncountable, plural times)

at church every time the doors swing open

desperate times call for desperate measures

desperate times require desperate measures

serial time-encoded amplified microscopy

there is a place and time for everything

there is a time and a place for everything

there is a time and place for everything

there's a time and a place for everything

time spent laughing is time spent with the gods

time stretch analog-to-digital converter

Sranan Tongo: ten

→ Punjabi: ṭāim, ṭaim, ṭāīm

Gurmukhi script: ਟਾਇਮ, ਟੈਮ, ਟਾਈਮ

Shahmukhi script: ٹائم, ٹیم, ٹائیم

eternitat

time as an infinite whole: eternity, timelessness

عَصْر

extended period of time, defined or undefined: age, era, etc.

কাল

major division of the year: month, season, etc.

حِين

division of the day: particular moment or hour

tyd

time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc

ժամ

measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time

ժամ

numerical indication of a particular moment in time

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related directly to Latin tempus.
cognates
*Scots tym, tyme (“time”)
*Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”)
*Danish time (“hour, lesson”)
*Swedish timme (“hour”)
*Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”)
*Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”)
*Icelandic tími (“time, season”).

inh

time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity

der

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”)

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 106. Time


time

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

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

The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

1625, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

(transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.

With oar strokes timing to their song.

1861, John Greenleaf Whittier, At Port Royal:

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

Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.

He was a thing of blood, whose every motion / Was timed with dying cries.

c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

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

en-verb

time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past and past participle timed)

times (present singular third-person)
timing (participle present)
timed (participle past)
timed (past)

→ Danish: time

→ Dutch: timen

→ German: timen

→ Swedish: tajma, tima

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: time, taime

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: time, tima, taime, taima


time

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

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


time

second-person singular present active imperative of timeō


time

Det tar fire timer å kjøre dit.

En time på skolen kan vare i 45 minutter.

Jeg har en time hos tannlegen.

timen (definite singular)
timer (indefinite plural)
timene (definite plural)

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-, specifically Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō.


time

Eg har ein time hjå tannlegen.

No er timen komen, Daniel!

timen (definite singular)
timar (indefinite plural)
timane (definite plural)

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from *deh₂y- (“to share, divide”). Akin to English time.


time

tīme (canonical masculine)
masculine
tīme (indefinite nominative singular)
tīmen (definite nominative singular)
tīmar (indefinite nominative plural)
tīmarnir (definite nominative plural)
tīma (accusative indefinite singular)
tīman (accusative definite singular)
tīma (accusative indefinite plural)
tīmana (accusative definite plural)
tīma (dative indefinite singular)
tīmanom (dative definite singular)
tīmom (dative indefinite plural)
tīmonom (dative definite plural)
tīma (genitive indefinite singular)
tīmans (definite genitive singular)
tīma (genitive indefinite plural)
tīmanna (definite genitive plural)

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tīme

Swedish: timme

→ Finnish: tiima

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô.


time

masculine/neuter instrumental singular of tȃj


time

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of timar:
third-person singular imperative