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Common
noun
•
In Physics:
The
inevitable
progression
into
the future
with the
passing
of
present
and
past
events
.
A
dimension
of
spacetime
with the
opposite
metric
signature
to
space
dimension
s; the
fourth dimension
.
Change
associated
with the
second
law
of
thermodynamics
; the
physical
and
psychological
result
of
increasing
entropy
.
The
property
of a system which
allows
it to have more than one
distinct
configuration
.
•
A
duration
of time.
A
quantity
of
availability
of
duration
.
A
measurement
of a
quantity
of time; a
numerical
or
general
indication
of a
length
of
progression
.
The
serving
of a
prison
sentence
.
An
experience
.
An
era
; (with the, sometimes in
plural
) the
current
era
, the
current
state of affairs
.
A person's
youth
or
young
adulthood
,
as opposed to
the present
day.
•
In Sports:
A
duration
of time.
Time out
;
temporary
,
limited
suspension
of
play
.
•
An
instant
of time.
How much
of a day has
passed
; the
moment
, as
indicated
by a
clock
or
similar
device
.
A
particular
moment
or
hour
; the
appropriate
moment
or
hour
for something (especially with
prepositional phrase
or
imperfect subjunctive
).
A
numerical
indication
of a
particular
moment
.
An
instance
or
occurrence
.
The
hour
of
childbirth
.
The
end of
someone's
life,
conceived
by the
speaker
as
having
been
predestined
.
•
In British English:
An
instant
of time.
Closing time
.
•
The
measurement
under some system of
region
of day or
moment
.
•
Ratio
of
comparison
.
•
In Grammar:
Tense
.
•
In Music:
The
measured
duration
of
sounds
;
measure
;
tempo
;
rate
of
movement
;
rhythmical
division
.
verb
•
To
measure
or
record
the time,
duration
, or
rate
of.
•
To choose when something
begins
or
how long
it
lasts
.
•
To
keep
or
beat time
; to
proceed
or
move in
time.
•
To
pass
time; to
delay
.
•
To
regulate
as to
time; to
accompany
, or
agree with
,
in time
of
movement
.
•
To
measure
,
as in
music
or
harmony
.
intj
•
In Tennis:
Reminder
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
.
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