"find time" meaning in English

See find time in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: finds time [present, singular, third-person], finding time [participle, present], found time [participle, past], found time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|find<,,found> time}} find time (third-person singular simple present finds time, present participle finding time, simple past and past participle found time)
  1. (intransitive) To reserve a period of time to do something. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: make time
    Sense id: en-find_time-en-verb-GpfGl3gm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for find time meaning in English (1.1kB)

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        "(intransitive) To reserve a period of time to do something."
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