All rights reserved.The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary ): to appoint or choose the moment or occasion for; schedule: in an effort to finish something within a limited period: I'd like to try it, but at the same time I'm a little afraid.to compete for or win a person being dated or courted by another; prevail over a rival: He accused me, his own brother, of trying to beat his time.to postpone in order to make preparations or gain an advantage; delay the outcome of: He hoped to gain time by putting off signing the papers for a few days more.Working together, they cleaned the entire house in no time.There would always be at least one child who couldn't play in time with the music.to occupy oneself with some activity to make time pass quickly: While I was waiting, I killed time counting the cars on the freight trains.to move quickly, especially in an attempt to recover lost time.Many a time they didn't have enough to eat and went to bed hungry.to suspend progress temporarily, as to await developments; fail to advance.to move the feet alternately as in marching, but without advancing.He worked out more efficient production methods on his own time.to be paid for within a designated period of time, as in installments: Many people are never out of debt because they buy everything on time.The women would stop in the market to pass the time of day.Speed was important here, but he just took his time.I've told him time after time not to slam the door.At your time of life you must be careful not to overdo things.They had the time of their lives on their trip to Europe.the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the pasta quantity measuring duration, usually with reference to a periodic process such as the rotation of the earth or the vibration of electromagnetic radiation emitted from certain atoms. before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!Learn a new word every day. Until Einstein's reinterpretation of the physical concepts associated with time and space, time was considered to be the same everywhere in the universe, with all observers measuring the same time interval for any event. Time is the ongoing sequence of events taking place. Time is considered as a fourth coordinate required, along with three spatial coordinates, to specify an eventa specific point on this continuum expressed in terms of hours and minutesa definite and measurable portion of this continuuma period or point marked by specific attributes or eventsthe flying time from New York to London was seven hoursa particularly important moment, esp childbirth or deathindicating a degree or amount calculated by multiplication with the number specifiedthe fashions, thought, etc, of the present age (esp in the phrases the system of combining beats or pulses in music into successive groupings by which the rhythm of the music is establisheda specific system having a specific number of beats in each grouping or bara unit of duration used in the measurement of poetic metre; morain an effort to complete something in a limited period(of a conductor, etc) to indicate the tempo or pulse of a piece of music by waving a baton or a hand, tapping out the beats, etcto observe correctly the accent or rhythmic pulse of a piece of music in relation to tempoat the last possible moment; at the critical momentto exchange casual greetings (with an acquaintance)a period when one is absent from work for a holiday, through sickness, etcan additional period played at the end of a match, to compensate for time lost through injury or (in certain circumstances) to allow the teams to achieve a conclusive resultAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): operating automatically at or for a set time, for security or convenienceto control the execution or speed of (an action, esp a shot or stroke) so that it has its full effect at the right momentthe word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing timeA duration or relation of events expressed in terms of past, present, and future, and measured in units such as minutes, hours, days, months, or years.A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence proceeding from the past through the present to the future.An interval separating two points of this quantity; a duration.A system or reference frame in which such intervals are measured or such quantities are calculated.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration.a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: a limited period or interval, as between two successive events: a particular period considered as distinct from other periods: a period in the history of the world, or contemporary with the life or activities of a notable person: a period considered with reference to its events or prevailing conditions, tendencies, ideas, etc. happening for an extended Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Sure, you could pour your own G&T into a bottle and hike it up the trail, but by the Slack has enabled union members to all be in the same room at the same “Affect” vs. “Effect”: Use The Correct Word Every Time“Unalienable” vs. “Inalienable”: Is There A Difference?Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: Is There A Difference?All Of These Words Are Offensive (But Only Sometimes)“Epidemic” vs. “Pandemic” vs. “Endemic”: What Do These Terms Mean?It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.Dictionary.com Unabridged Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. The poem is a reflection on the passage of When her time came, her husband accompanied her to the delivery room.a period with reference to personal experience of a specified kind: to have a good time; a hot time in the old town tonight.a period of work of an employee, or the pay for it; working hours or days or an hourly or daily pay rate.the period necessary for or occupied by something: The time of the baseball game was two hours and two minutes.