ENGLISH: time - CREOLE: kou



Overview of noun time



The noun time has 10 senses (first 10 from tagged texts)



1. (565) time, clip -- (an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip")

2. (355) time -- (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time")

3. (285) time -- (a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time")

4. (215) time -- (a suitable moment; "it is time to go")

5. (96) time -- (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)

6. (35) clock time, time -- (the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock")

7. (33) fourth dimension, time -- (the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event)

8. (26) time -- (a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together")

9. (4) meter, metre, time -- (rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration)

10. (2) prison term, sentence, time -- (the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail")



Overview of verb time



The verb time has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (4) clock, time -- (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners")

2. (3) time -- (assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene")

3. (1) time -- (set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely")

4. time -- (regulate or set the time of; "time the clock")

5. time -- (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely")

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