Definition of Time

Noun

• 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"
  - prison term sentence
• rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  meter metre
• the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
  - fourth dimension
• a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
  "do you know what time it is?"
  "the time is 10 o'clock"
  - clock time
• a person's experience on a particular occasion
  "he had a time holding back the tears"
  "they had a good time together"
  
• the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
  
• a suitable moment
  "it is time to go"
  
• 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 in his 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"
  
• an instance or single occasion for some event
  "this time he succeeded"
  "he called four times"
  "he could do ten at a clip"
  clip

Verb

• 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"
  
• regulate or set the time of
  "time the clock"
  
• set the speed, duration, or execution of
  "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
  
• assign a time for an activity or event
  "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
  
• 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"
  clock

Word games points for the Time

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Unscramble time

13 unscramble word found using the letters time.

em, emit, et, it, item, me, met, mi, mite, te, ti, tie, time,