times

/tɑemz//taɪmz/

noun

  1. 1

    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. 2

    A duration of time.

  3. 3

    An instant of time.

  4. 4

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

    Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
  5. 5

    Ratio of comparison.

    your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
  6. 6

    (grammar) Tense.

    the time of a verb
  7. 7

    The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

    common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.

verb

  1. 1

    To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

    I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
  2. 2

    To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

    The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
  3. 3

    To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

  4. 4

    To pass time; to delay.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    To measure, as in music or harmony.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    The circumstances of a certain time.

    Modern times are so very different from the past.
  2. 2

    A person's experiences or biography.

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

verb

  1. 1

    To multiply.

preposition

  1. 1

    Multiplied by

    Four times five is twenty.

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