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How to pronounce time
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What does time mean?
nounThe inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
“Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time”
The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
“Time flies when you're having fun.”
A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
“Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.”
verbTo measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
“I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.”
To choose when something commences or its duration.
“The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.”
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
“With oar strokes timing to their song.”
intjReminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.
“Time gentlemen please!”
prepby the time; once.
“"You'll likely not be so merry, time the day be done," he told them.”
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