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Time

Definition: Time

Time

Noun

1. An instance or single occasion for some event; "This time he succeeded"; "He called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip".

2. 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. 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. A suitable moment; "it is time to go".

5. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past.

6. The time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock".

7. The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event.

8. A person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears" or "they had a good time together".

9. Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time.

10. : 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".

Verb

1. 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. Assign a time for an activity or event.

3. Set the speed, duration, or execution of.

4. Regulate or set the time of, as of a clock or watch.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "time" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Time \Time\, noun; plural Times. [Old English time, Anglo-Saxon t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icelandic t[=i]mi, Danish time an hour, Swedish timme. See Tide, noun]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Time

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

The hour of the day reckoned by the position of a celestial reference point relative to a reference celestial meridian. Time may be designated solar, lunar , or sidereal as the reference is the sun, moon, or vernal equinox, respectively. Solar time may be further classified as mean or astronomical if the mean sun is the reference, or as apparent if the apparent sun is the reference. Time may also be designated according to the reference meridian, either the local or Greenwich meridian or, additionally, in the case of mean solar time, a designated zone meridian. Standard and daylight saving time are variations of zone time. Time may also be designated according to the timepiece, as chronometer time or watch time , the time indicated by these instruments.Symbol t or t. (references)

Biographical Satire

TIME, Father, a very old man who has been introduced to everybody. Very unpopular with the ladies. A great wound and sorrow healer, but unkind to the old. He went about the world changing babies into men and women, and placing gray hair and wrinkles where they were never wanted. Author: Of tears. Recreation: Reaping. Address: Your home. Epitaph: Ad Finem. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

Fine Arts

Exposure tables. Tables listing all the factors which affect the exposure. These are: the weather; the subject; the -- (of the day and the year). . Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Period during which the flowers open and pollination of the vines occurs. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Orders of magnitude (time)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Orders of magnitude (time)

Powers of 103
seconds
equal to...
common units
orders of magnitude
1 attosecond
10-21 s
--
1 as, 10 as, 100 as
1 femtosecond
10-15 s
--
1 fs, 10 fs, 100 fs
1 picosecond
10-12 s
--
1 ps, 10 ps, 100 ps
1 nanosecond
10-9 s
--
1 ns, 10 ns, 100 ns
1 microsecond
10-6 s
--
1 µs, 10 µs, 100 µs
1 millisecond
10-3 s
--
1 ms, 10 ms, 100 ms
1 second
1 s
minute = 60 s
1 s, 10 s, 100 s
1000 seconds
16.7 minutes
hour = 3600 s
day = 86 400 s
103 s , 104 s , 105 s
1 million seconds
11.6 days
month = 2.6 x 106 s
year = 31.6 x 106 s
106 s , 107 s , 108 s
1000 million seconds
32 years
century = 3.16 x 109 s
109 s , 1010 s , 1011 s
1012 seconds
32 000 years
--
1012 s , 1013 s , 1014 s
1015 seconds
32 million years
--
1015 s , 1016 s , 1017 s
1018 seconds
32 billion years
--
1018 s , 1019 s and more

The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of times that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). Rows in the table represent increasing powers of a thousand (3 orders of magnitude)

Orders of magnitude of other quantities: length, area, volume, mass

See also SI, SI prefixes, SI base units, units, time, orders of magnitude

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Orders of magnitude (time)."

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Time

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

For the American news magazine see TIME.

One can say that one event occurs after another event. Furthermore one can measure how much one event occurs after another. The answer to how much is the amount of time between the those two events. One way of defining the idea of 'after' is based on the assumption of causality. The work humanity has done to increasingly understand the nature and measurement of time, through the work of making and improving calendars and clocks, has been a major engine of scientific discovery.

The standard unit for time is the SI second, from which larger units are defined like the minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, and century. Time can be measured, just like other physical dimensions. Measuring devices for time are clocks. Very accurate clocks are often called chronometers. The best available clocks are atomic clocks.

There are several continuous time scales in current use: Universal Time, International Atomic Time (TAI), which is the basis for other time scales, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is the standard for civil time, Terrestrial Time (TT), etc. Mankind has invented calendars to track the passages of days, weeks, months, and years.

Time in engineering and applied physics

In physics, time is defined as the distance between events along the fourth axis of the spacetime manifold. Special relativity showed that time cannot be understood except as part of spacetime, a combination of space and time. The distance between events now depends on the relative speed of the observers of the events. General relativity further changed the notion of time by introducing the idea of curved spacetime. An important unit of time in theoretical physics is the Planck time – see Planck units for more details.

See also: Synchronization, ISO 8601, Allan variance

Time in philosophy and theoretical physics

Important questions in the philosophy of time include: Is time absolute or merely relational? Is time without change conceptually impossible or is there more to the idea? Does time "pass" or are the ideas of past, present and future entirely subjective, descriptions only of our deception by the senses?

Zeno's paradoxes fundamentally challenged the ancient conception of time, and thereby helped motivate the development of the calculus. A point of contention between Newton and Leibniz concerned the question of absolute time: the former believed time was, like space, a container for events, while the latter believed time was, like space, a conceptual apparatus describing the interrelations between events. McTaggart believed, rather eccentrically and on the basis of a very shaky argument, that time and change are illusions. Parmenides (of whom Zeno was a follower) held a similar belief based on a similarly shaky, but rather more interesting argument.

Einstein's theory of relativity linked time and space into spacetime in a way that also had philosophical consequences, making the idea of block time more credible, and thus affecting ideas of free will and causality.

The engineer J. W. Dunne developed a theory of time whereby he considered our perception of time like notes being played on piano. Having had a number of prescient dreams, he monitored his dreams and found that they generally included as many past as future events. From this he concluded that in dreams we escape linear time. He published his ideas in An Experiment with Time in 1927 and followed this with other books.

Perception of time

One may perceive time to go fast ("time flies"), meaning that a duration seems less than it is;

this may be considered an advantage:

it may be considered a disadvantage:

(on the other hand, that the time has flown is considered a sign that it has been enjoyable) Time also seems to go fast when sleeping, some of the above applies, e.g. it may be an advantage to sleep as train or car passenger, and sleep long in the case of boredom, while it may be wasteful to sleep long on holidays.

See also

External links

How to say times in English

See also: how to say datess in English.

Books

Einstein's Clocks and Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time. By Peter Galison. W.W. Norton; 256 pages; $23.95. Sceptre; £16.99

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Time."

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TIME

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


(Clockwise from upper left) TIME magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003.

TIME is a weekly American news magazine, roughly similar to Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report. A European edition (TIMEeurope, formerly known as TIMEatlantic) is produced out of London covering the Middle East, Africa and (from 2003) Latin America, while an Asian edition (TIMEasia) is based in Hong Kong.

TIME hit newsstands for the first time on March 2, 1923, preceding both of its major competitors and virtually inventing the weekly news magazine. It was co-founded in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. Hadden died in 1929, and Luce became the dominant man at TIME and a major figure in the history of 20th century media. Hadden was a rather carefree figure, who liked to tease Luce and saw TIME as something important but also fun. That accounts for its tone, which many people still criticize as too light for serious news and more suited to its heavy coverage of celebrities (including politicians), the entertainment industry, and pop culture.

TIME has always had its own writing style, parodied by Wolcott Gibbs this way (long before the Jedi master Yoda was created): "Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind. Where it would end, knows God."

TIME became part of Time Warner in 1989 when Warner Communications and Time, Inc. merged. Since 2000, the magazine has been part of AOL Time Warner, which was subsequently renamed back to Time Warner in 2003.

The magazine's most famous feature over its 80 years has been the annual Man of the Year — recently renamed Person of the Year — contest, in which TIME recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news. Despite the title, the recipient is not necessarily a human. In the past, even ideas and machines have received the honor.

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Time signature

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The time signature is used in Western musical notation to specify the basic meter of a piece of music. Time signatures are written similarly to a fraction eg. 4/4 -- but is not, and is never written as such on a staff. In "simple" time signatures, the denominator indicates which note is the beat, that is, which note is to be stressed. If the denominator is 2, the half note or minim is one beat; if the denominator is 4, the quarter note or crotchet is one beat; and so on. The "numerator", the upper number indicates the number of beats in each measure. Examples of simple time signatures include "4/4" ("common time"), "2/2" ("cut time"), "3/4", "5/4", "2/4", and so on.

Time signatures where the number above is a multiple of three (excluding the number 3 itself) are often "compound" time signatures. In a compound signature, the lower number does not specify which note is the beat. Instead, each beat is divided into three sub-beats, and the denominator of the time signature determines what sort of note makes up a sub-beat. In "6/8" time, the sub-beats are eighth notes, and three of them make up a single beat. This means that the beat is a dotted-quarter note, and there are two beats in a measure. Other examples of compound time signatures include "9/8", "6/16", and so on. It is not uncommon for listeners to confuse a 3/4 (simple) time signature with a 6/8 (compound) signature, if the former is played rapidly, or the latter is played slowly.

Pieces with two beats to the bar, such as 2/4 or 6/8, are said to be in duple meter. Similarly, music with three beats to the bar (such as 3/2 or 9/8) is in triple meter. Music with four beats to the bar is in quadruple meter, five beats is quintuple meter and seven is septuple meter. These names can be combined with the simple and compound terms, so that 3/4 time can be described as simple triple, 6/8 as compound duple and so on.

Time signatures can be much more complex than notating the stressed beats in a bar. The signature

means that the first of a group of three quavers (eighth notes) is to be stressed, then the first of a group of two, then first of a group of three again. The stress pattern is usually counted as one-two-three-one-two-one-two-three, italics indicating stresses. This kind of time signature is common in folk and non-Western types of music.

In modern Western Music, in styles such as serialism and minimalism, the time signature is often avoided entirely, or, the key signature as well might be omitted. An underlying time signature or key may be present, but it may be too notationally complex or too redundant to notate these details. In other cultures, time is maintained not by a defined notation, but by a drum or other percussion instrument. Examples of this can be found in Indian classical music (see Indian music) and gamelan music, both of which often rely on oral tradition to pass down popular songs, rather than notation, as in Western classical music (see Western music).

Some standard time signatures in Western music are

Other meters are sometimes encountered as well. Dave Brubeck in particular made use of unusual time signatures in his music.

See also: Musical notation

1 The theme songs from the M:I feature films (1996 and 2000) use 4/4 by repeating the first three beats of the bass line twice, holding melody notes during that period, and halving each note's duration.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Time signature."

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Time zone

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Time zones are areas of the Earth that follow the same definition of time. Formerly, people used apparent solar time, resulting in the time differing slightly from town to town. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region to the same mean solar time. Time zones are generally centered on meridians of a longitude that is a multiple of 15º however as the map below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because of boundaries of countries.

All time zones are defined relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The reference point for Time Zones is the Prime Meridian (longitude 000) which passes through inside the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, London, England [1]. The reference time was originally called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but is now referred to as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to distinguish it from the local time in London which may be adjusted for daylight saving time.

The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:

Where the adjustment for time zones results in a time after 12midnight, then the date at the location is one day later. Some examples: Where the adjustment for time zones results in a time before 00:00 (i.e. midnight), then the date at the location is one day earlier. Some examples: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of daylight saving time. Time zones were invented by Sanford Fleming because of the need of railroad companies to have consistent local times between railroad stations. [1] On November 18, 1883, railroads in the United States and Canada became the first to institute time zones when they established four standard continental time zones in North America. This ended a great deal of confusion created by previously having thousands of local times. Worldwide adoption of time zones followed the next year.

See also: Sidereal time Calculating local time


A map of the world's time zones, Larger image

List of time zones and contained areas

Regions with * observe Daylight Saving Time: add 1 hour in summer.

Note that some regions differ 24 hours in time: they have the same time of the day but differ a full day. The two extreme time zones even differ 25 hours, hence during one hour a day the date differs 2 days.

UTC-11 (BEST - Bering Standard Time)

UTC-10 (HST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)

UTC-9:30

UTC-9 (AKST - Alaska Standard Time)

UTC-8 (PST - Pacific Standard Time)

UTC-7 (MST - Mountain Standard Time)

UTC-6 (CST - Central Standard Time)

UTC-5 (EST - Eastern Standard Time)

UTC-4 (AST - Atlantic Standard Time)

UTC-3:30 (NST - Newfoundland Standard Time)

UTC-3

UTC-2

UTC-1

UTC (WET - Western European Time, also called GMT)

UTC+1 (CET - Central European Time, also called MET - Middle European Time)

UTC+2 (EET - Eastern European Time)

UTC+3 (MSK - Moscow Time)

UTC+3:30

UTC+4

UTC+4:30

UTC+5

UTC+5:30

UTC+5:45

UTC+6

UTC+6:30

UTC+7

UTC+8 (AWST - Australian Western Standard Time)

Note that the whole of China has the same time, which makes this time zone exceptionally wide. In the extreme west of China the sun is at its highest at 3 pm, in the extreme east at 11 am.

UTC+9

UTC+9:30 (ACST - Australian Central Standard Time)

UTC+10 (AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time)

UTC+10:30

UTC+11

UTC+11:30

UTC+12

UTC+12:45

UTC+13

UTC+14

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Time, Illinois

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Time is a village located in Pike County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 29.

Geography


Time is located at 39°33'40" North, 90°43'23" West (39.561160, -90.722947)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 29 people, 13 households, and 7 families residing in the village. The population density is 25.4/km² (66.5/mi²). There are 14 housing units at an average density of 12.3/km² (32.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 13 households out of which 23.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% are married couples living together, 15.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% are non-families. 30.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.23 and the average family size is 2.75. In the village the population is spread out with 10.3% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $14,375, and the median income for a family is $33,750. Males have a median income of $38,750 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income for the village is $12,253. 5.3% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Time, Illinois."

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Time, Norway

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The municipality Time in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 13,593 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.

The centre of Time is the town of Bryne. The town's football team, Bryne F.K, plays in the Norwegian premier league (2003).

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Time

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

TIME

EnglishTop Industrial Managers for EuropeEconomics
DTD timeEnglishDoor to door timeN/A
TICEnglishTime intensity curveMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Time

Synonyms: clip (n), clock time (n), fourth dimension (n), meter (n), prison term (n), sentence (n), clock (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Time

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Instantaneity

Epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute; very time, very hour; present time, right time, true time, exact correct time.

Leisure

Noun: leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday, relaxation; (rest); otium cum dignitate, ease.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Time

Non-English Usage: "Time" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (my), Danish (hour, time), Finnish (timely), Latin (be afraid, dread, fear), Norwegian (hour, o'clock, time), Pidgin English (time), Portuguese (team), Serbo-Croatian (thereby), Tagalog (time).

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Modern Usage: Time

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Why you gotta chase after girls all the time, Gabe (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden)

Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Honey, I watched you the whole time, and you didn't screw up once (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I would if it didn't give me a shock every time I come near it (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

It seems that every time we meet, I have nothing but bad news (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Lyrics

Give me time to think it through (Turn Back Time; performing artist: Aqua)

I know it's time (Isn't It Time; performing artist: Babys)

I like that old time rock n' roll ("Old Time Rock & Roll"; performing artist: Bob Seger)

Time after (Time After Time; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper)

We were just wasting time (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

Clever

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap. (references; author: Bob Hope)

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Steals Clock, Faces Time (references; author: unknown)

Save time; see it my way. (references; author: unknown)

I make a rhyme every time. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

What time does the wristwatch strap shop shut? (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Power Rangers Time Force (2001)

Time Will Tell (1992)

Running Time (2002)

Time Enough (1997)

Out of Time (2003)

Song Titles

Stage Diver's Lament in 3/4 Time (performing artist: John Black)

Feels Like The First Time (performing artist: Foreigner)

Now's The Time To Touch A Star (performing artist: Karl Franzen)

Never A Time (performing artist: Genesis)

Praying For Time (performing artist: George Michael)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Time

DomainTitle

References

  • AOL Time Warner, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • BT & T Time A.G.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Leisure Time Casinos & Resorts, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Real Time Control plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Temporary Time Capital Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Carpe Corpus: Time and Gender in Early Modern France (reference)

  • Managing Workplace Chaos: Workplace Solutions for Managing Information, Paper, Time, and Stress (reference)

  • Time Warped: Classic Moments and Hip Quips from the Cast of the Drew Carey Show (reference)

  • A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean (reference)

  • North Carolina Barbecue: Flavored by Time (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India (reference)

  • Once Upon a Time in China Box (reference)

  • The Land Before Time II - The Great Valley Adventure (reference)

  • Jerry Seinfeld Live on Broadway: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (reference)

  • HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME Volume V: Victorian Era Couple Dances (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Time

Photos:
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Photo Album: Time

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Seen are a technician's hands performing a lab test. The test tube with some frozen breast tissue and some liquid are visible, as well as the techician in some slides. This is the estrogen receptor assay being performed at the time of mastectomy. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells as well. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer).

33 year old white male who died of inhalation anthrax; photomicrograph demonstrating necrotic lymph node found at time of autopsy; H&E stain. Credit: CDC.

Increasing prevalence of high level penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae over time. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

"Animated Plane 1" (movie) by Rod Rodrigues. This graph shows how to use Time to create a movie of a plane slicing a surface.

New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA.

Night Time Test Firing. Credit: NASA.

For the first time since Pluto's discovery 66 years ago, astronomers have at last directly ... Credit: NASA.

Saturn's magnificent ring system is seen tilted edge-on — for the second time in 1995 - in ... Credit: NASA.

View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Time
 

"Break time in park" by Obed Tewes
Commentary: "Girl having a break from work in a park in Perth."		"It's time" by PKremer
Commentary: "Back to nature!."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Time".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Seal barking one time.Low-toned, dull, hollow sound; short, low tone of a cow bell being struck by a drumstick one time; the middle bell on an agogo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Time

AuthorQuotation

Adelbert Von Chamisso

In pain is a new time born.

Aulus Gellius

Truth is the daughter of time.

Ben Jonson

That old bald cheater, Time.

Benjamin Franklin

Remember that time is money.

Euripides

Time cancels young pain.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Time and tide wait for no man.

Miguel de Cervantes

TIme out of mind.

Oscar Wilde

Time is waste of money.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The surest poison is time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Time

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Further, if we have led or sent him upon military service, he shall be relieved from guard in proportion to the time during which he has been on service because of us. (reference)

John Locke

1690

Hence it comes to pass, that we seldom find any number of men live any time together in this state. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment III. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1999

If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Now and then the workers are victorious, but only for a time. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Council may at any time decide that the Seat of the League shall be established elsewhere. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Time

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Happily, it was now time to be gone

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

He evidently feared that, stupid as she looked, she understood what she said this time, and was having a joke at his expense

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Well, said Reg, "it’s been an interesting time recently, or rather, a dull time

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Roger Chillingworth had by this time approached the window, and smiled grimly down

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This Fauchelevent was one of the few who were still enemies of Monsieur Madeleine at this time.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Yet at the end of that immense stretch of time not even one instant of eternity could be said to have ended

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

In happy time, here comes the Duke himself

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

After a time the women asked, What did he want

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

When I arrived at the port of Maldonada (for so it is called) there was no ship in the harbor bound for Luggnagg, nor likely to be in some time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Time

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Any other time your doctor suggests. (references)

The user's sense of time and self changes. (references)

Length of time that all samples will be stored. (references)

Business

Men use slightly more time than women. (references)

Banks report an all time record of mortgage loans. (references)

The goal of this report is to save the reader time. (references)

Children

Cuba

If the child was found bothering tourists a second time, police frequently fined the child's parents. (references)

Afghanistan

The Taliban's implementation of educational policy was inconsistent and varied from region to region, as well as over time. (references)

Mexico

Penalties under the law include fines of 500 to 1,000 times Mexico City's minimum wage and possible administrative jail time. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

Maronites are charged the same fee each time they cross. (references)

Belgium

This policy is intended to reduce processing time for applicants. (references)

Togo

Teachers' salaries and students' stipends rarely are paid on time. (references)

Discrimination

Kenya

There is credible evidence that the Government sponsored large-scale ethnic violence during the early 1990's, and there were some indications that some government officials have at least tolerated and in some instances instigated ethnic violence on a smaller scale since that time. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Down time is always expensive. (references)

Mexico

Negotiations will take less time. (references)

Human Rights

Georgia

The court only considers one case at a time. (references)

Dominican Republic

Time already served counts toward a sentence. (references)

Honduras

Villanueva was the spokesperson for the HOAF at the time. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Aboriginal leaders were pleased by the removal of the time limit for lodging native title claims but expressed deep concern about the weakening of Aboriginal rights to negotiate with non-Aboriginal leaseholders over the development of rural property. (references)

Australia

The AIC reports that the incarceration rate among indigenous youth was 18.5 times that of the nonindigenous youth population in 1999. Over 45 percent of Aboriginal men between the ages of 20 and 30 years have been arrested at some time in their lives. (references)

Indonesia

Security forces did not obstruct political activities related to the Papuan Special Autonomy Law; however, they did sporadically enforce a no-tolerance policy on flying the Papuan flag, until the Special Autonomy Bill passed Parliament, after which time security forces allowed the flying of the flag. (references)

Minorities

Ghana

There have been no prosecutions as of the time of this report. (references)

Burundi

Northern and eastern Tutsis also have a more difficult time acceding to positions of power. (references)

Romania

Until that time, the Greek Catholics continued to hold the religious service in the school building. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

This is an exciting time in Japanese politics. (references)

Sudan

The items were accounted for at the time and returned 2 days later. (references)

BOLIVIA

Union leaders say problems are often moot by the time the court rules. (references)

Political Rights

Taiwan

The KMT, which lost the legislative majority for the first time, won 68 seats. (references)

Canada

In 1999 a woman was appointed for the first time as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (references)

Papua New Guinea

The procedure is fair, but is time consuming and expensive both to initiate and to defend. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

This list may be altered from time to time. (references)

Turkey

Daylight Savings Time is April through October. (references)

Thailand

The same time frame as the above case is allowed. (references)

Travel

Uruguay

Uruguay observes standard time. (references)

Qatar

Qatar local time is GMT plus 3 hours. (references)

Vietnam

Vietnam consists of a single time zone. (references)

Women

Zambia

Polygyny is permitted if the wife first agrees to it at the time of her wedding. (references)

Jordan

Coroner's reports later indicated that Fadia was 6 months pregnant at the time of her death. (references)

Portugal

After return to work, a new mother (or father) may take time off every day to nurse or feed an infant. (references)

Worker Rights

Nepal

Of that number, 1.7 million children work full time. (references)

Colombia

Child participation in agricultural work soars at harvest time. (references)

Suriname

The prison guard force struck three times for 1 to 3 days each time. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him. A busy man complained one day: "I get no time!" "What's that you say?" Cried out his friend, a lazy quiz; "You have, sir, all the time there is. There's plenty, too, and don't you doubt it -- We're never for an hour without it." Purzil Crofe

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Time

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andy Rooney

On television, the drug companies make it sound as if you could talk to your doctor any time you wanted to about anything.

Dennis Miller

In any household, diapering should be reserved for one generation at a time.

Donald Rumsfeld

Oh my goodness. You should see my days. I haven't got time to read that stuff. I was there, I don't need to read it.

Jeffrey Skilling

When we made the decisions, based on the information we had at the time, I think we made the right decisions.

Linda Fairstein

I am always writing, but the violence issue is my passion, and I spend a lot of nonprofit time doing work on that issue.

Prince Albert of Monaco

Yeah. As I said, it's a running start, but the time cell is probably maybe eight feet away from the actual block where you start off from.

Rush Limbaugh

Perot spent a lot of time on paid speeches.

Walter Cronkite

Good evening from Paris. Tonight, this broadcast originates from outside the United States for the first time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Time

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Lewis, Clarke, and Freeman will require further time to be digested and prepared.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Any precise appraisal of the economic outlook at this time is particularly difficult.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963One of your planes violates our frontier during this anxious time we are both experiencing, when everything has been put into combat readiness.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Nixon, in connection with this policy of continuing the surtax for the time being.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989It's high time that we make our cities safe again.

George Bush

1989-1993Here in our own hemisphere it is time for all the people of the Americas, North and South, to live in freedom.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Fellow citizens, we must not waste the precious gift of this time.

George W. Bush

2001-2005We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Time

"Time" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "Time" is used about 153,837 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.79%153,51666
Lexical Verb (base form)0.18%27017,892
                    Total100.00%153,837N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Time

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "time".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AthachN/ABiblical

Thy time

AthaiahN/ABiblical

The Lord's time

AthaliahN/ABiblical

The time of the Lord

AthlaiN/ABiblical

My hour or time

Ittah-kazinN/ABiblical

Time

JehoaddanN/ABiblical

Time

OthniN/ABiblical

My time

SamsonN/ABiblical

There the second time

SamN/AEnglish

There the second time

SampsonN/AEnglish

There the second time

SansoneN/AItalian

There the second time

ShimshonN/AJewish

There the second time

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Time

CountryNameCountryName
Malaysia

Time Engineering Berhad

Switzerland

BT & T Time A.G.

United Kingdom

Real Time Control plc

USA

AOL Time Warner, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Time


1. Time, IL (village, FIPS 75419)
Location: 39.56111 N, 90.72282 W
Population (1990): 36 (15 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Time

Expressions using "time": a bit at a time ♦ a busy time ♦ a good long time ♦ a long time ♦ a long time ago ♦ a short time ago ♦ a short time before ♦ a short time since ♦ a stitch in time ♦ a time of storm and stress ♦ about time ♦ Absolute time ♦ access motion time ♦ access time ♦ activity time ♦ actual work time ♦ ad against the time when ♦ addition time ♦ administrative time ♦ after a time ♦ against time ♦ ahead of his time ♦ ahead of time ♦ Alaska Standard Time ♦ all in good time ♦ all the time ♦ allow time ♦ allowed time ♦ an unaccountably long time ♦ an unreasonable length of time ♦ another time ♦ answering time recorder ♦ anxious time ♦ any old time ♦ any time ♦ any time now ♦ Apparent time ♦ appear for the first time ♦ appointed time ♦ approach of time ♦ approach time ♦ appropriate time ♦ arrival time ♦ arrive dead on time ♦ arrive on time ♦ as time goes by ♦ as time went on ♦ ask the time ♦ assessed mean time between failures ♦ assessed mean time to failure ♦ astronomic time ♦ astronomical time ♦ at a given time ♦ at a later time ♦ at a set time ♦ at a time ♦ at an appropriate time ♦ at an inconvenient time ♦ at any time ♦ at best time ♦ at harvest time ♦ at no time ♦ at one time ♦ at that point in time ♦ at that time ♦ at the appointed time ♦ at the present time ♦ at the proper time ♦ at the same time ♦ at the stated time ♦ at the time ♦ at the time of ♦ at the wrong time ♦ at this distance of time ♦ at this point in time ♦ at this time ♦ at time ♦ at what time ♦ Atlantic Standard Time ♦ Atlantic Time ♦ auditory reaction time ♦ automatic time delay switch ♦ available time ♦ average seek time ♦ averaging time ♦ bad time ♦ bang on time ♦ be ahead of one's time ♦ be ahead of time ♦ be behind time ♦ be in plenty of time ♦ be in the nick of time ♦ be in time ♦ be in time for ♦ be master of one's time ♦ be on time ♦ be pinched for time ♦ be pressed for time ♦ be pushed for time ♦ be rushed for time ♦ be shown for the first time. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "time": time-accounting, time-activity, time-adverbials, time-allowance, time-analysis, time-and-a-half, time-and-attendance, time-and-distance, time-and-labour-saving, time-and-material, time-and-motion, time-and-motion study, time-and-percussion fuse, time-and-space, time-atoms, time-averaged, time-awful, time-ball, time-balls, time-band, time-barred, time-based, time-being, time-bidingly, time-bomb, time-bombs, time-bound, time-budget, time-budgeting, time-but, time-capsule, time-capsules, time-charts, time-check, time-checks, time-clock, time-cnn, time-coded, time-coding, time-complex, time-compression, time-conditions, time-consciousness, time-consistency, time-constant, time-constrained, time-consuming, time-continuum, time-control, time-controlled, time-correlation, time-cost, time-course, time-cripples, time-critical, time-cue, time-cues, time-cycle, time-deictic, time-delay, time-delay measuring instrument, time-delay measuring system, time-delayed, time-dependent, time-depth, time-difference, time-dimension, time-directed, time-distance, time-distortions, time-division, time-division multiplex, time-domain, time-dulled, time-eaters, time-efficient, time-elements, time-energy, Time-epe, time-equivalent, time-even, time-expensive, time-expired, time-exposure, time-filler, time-filling, time-for-a-change, time-frame, time-frames, time-free, time-frozen, time-fuse, time-fused, time-fuses, time-gap, time-gaps, time-geared, time-gone-by-period, time-hallowed, time-he, time-hewn, time-hon, time-honored, time-honoured, time-horizons, time-inconsistency, time-inconsistent, time-independent, time-in-service, time-integrated, time-intensive, time-intervals, time-is, time-it, time-keeper, time-keepers, time-keeping, time-killing, time-lag, time-lags, time-lapse, time-lapsed, time-lessness, Time-life, time-like, time-limit, time-limited, time-limits, time-line, time-lines, time-lock, time-locked, time-loop, time-machine, time-measuring, time-mentality, time-motion study, time-multiplexed, time-oblivion, time-obsessed, time-of-day, time-of-day, time-off, time-of-flight, time-of-her, time-of-the-month, time-old, time-ordered, time-oriented, time-out, time-outs, Time-ownership, time-passing, time-path, time-paths, time-period, time-periods, time-perspectives, time-phase, time-piece, time-pieces, time-pips, time-place, time-place-person, time-plan, time-point, time-points, time-pressure, time-price, time-process, time-proportional, time-proportionality, time-proven, time-quenching, time-rationing, time-ravaged, time-recording, time-related, time-removed, time-restricted, time-reversal, time-reversed, time-riven, time-ruptures, time-sample, time-saver, time-saving, time-savings, time-scale, time-scale factor, time-scales, time-scheme, time-segment, time-sense, time-sensitive, time-sequence, time-sequencing, time-series, time-served, time-server, time-servers, time-serving, time-share, time-share apartment, time-sharing, time-she, time-sheets, time-shift, time-shifted, time-shifting, time-ship, time-ships, time-shock, time-signal, time-signals, time-signature, time-signatures, time-since-exposure, time-slip, time-slot, time-slot, time-slots, time-slotted, time-sociology, time-sorting, time-space, time-spaces, time-space-time, time-span, time-spans, time-specific, time-sphere, time-spot, time-stamp, time-stamp, time-stamped, time-stamping, time-stamps, time-standards, time-step, time-steps, time-stopped, time-stretch, time-stricken, time-structure, time-structured, time-study, time-study man, time-style, time-switch, time-symmetric, time-table, time-table, time-tabled, time-tables, time-tabling, time-tailoring, time-taking, time-teller, time-temperature, time-tested, time-then, time-they, time-time, time-to-answer, time-to-come, time-to-go, time-to-market, time-to-peak, time-to-time, time-travel, time-traveller, time-travellers, time-travelling, time-trended, time-trial, time-trouble, time-tunnel, time-up, time-value, time-values, time-variable, time-variation, time-varied, time-varying, time-wage, Time-warner, time-warp, time-warped, time-warping, time-warpish, time-was-past, time-waster, time-wasters, time-wasting, time-wearied, time-weighted, time-window, time-wise, time-words, time-worker, time-worn, time-zone, time-zones.

Ending with "time": air-time, bath-time, bed-time, big-time, break-time, christmas-time, closing-time, concentration-time, day-time, dinner-time, election-time, end-time, extra-time, feeding-time, first-time, five-time, flexi-time, four-time, harvest-time, home-time, injury-time, lead-time, leisure-time, lost-time, lunch-time, meal-time, night-time, old-time, one-time, on-time, opening-time, over-time, party-time, past-time, peace-time, peak-time, playing-time, prime-time, run-time, second-time, short-time, six-time, spare-time, spring-time, summer-time, supper-time, teacher-time, tea-time, term-time, three-time, triple-time, two-time, up-to-time, war-time, whole-time, winter-time.

Containing "time": non-time-related.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Time

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

time zone

16,721

butter jelly peanut time

1,282

time

14,472

time travel

1,200

time warner cable

7,507

old time radio

1,199

time share

4,232

current time

1,175

time magazine

4,011

time machine

1,069

world time

3,784

us time zone

1,033

part time job

3,576

the wheel of time

947

time warner

3,480

official time

942

time life

2,905

correct time

929

first time

2,488

first time sex

910

time of day

2,034

what time is it

891

first time home buyer

1,922

atomic time

782

time management

1,887

time share resales

722

time tracking software

1,860

time life music

705

time clock

1,531

zelda ocarina of time

696

world time zone

1,518

time share rental

689

time line

1,454

time and attendance

683

first time the boy

1,428

time server

636

time zone map

1,320

aol time warner

634

bath time

1,319

time share sale

625
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Time

Language Translations for "time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

tyd (while), uur (hour, o'clock), maal (occasion), keer (halt, occasion, stop). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

herë (occasion), orar (hour, schedule, timetable, time-table), orë (albanian nymph, clock, fate, horologe, hour, ticker, timepiece, watch), kohë (date, day, distance, hour, period, sand, season, term, weather, when, while). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قاس الوقت, ‏الساعات التي قضاها, ‏عصر (age, compress, compressing, crush, date, eon, epoch, era, period, press, ream, squeeze, strain, update, wring), ‏عهد (ally, covenant, date, epoch, era, pact, period, pledge, promise, rule, testament), ‏زمان (epoch, era), ‏زمن (period, season), ‏ساعة (hour, time-keeper, timepiece), ‏أوان (season), ‏وقت, زمان (fate), ‏مدة (duration, interval, period, term, while), ‏مرة (once, whet), ‏موعد (appointment, date, engagement, rendezvous), ‏موسم (feast, season), ‏فترة (epoch, era, interval, period, phase, qualifying period, season, spell, stage, term, while), دهر (age), ‏توقيت (timing). (various references)

   

Basque

  

denbora. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

такт (address, bar, cadence, cycle, diplomacy, management, measure, movement, poise, savoir faire, savvy, tact), период (age, circle, cycle, date, epoch, period, phase, repetend, season, spell, term), път (approach, door, drive, driveway, fetch, gateway, itinerary, journey, key, lode, pad, part, parting, passage, path, pathway, race, ride, riding, road, roadway, route, track, trail, tube, way), заплащане за изработеното време, определям време за, определям срок за, отмервам (admeasure, measure, tell off, vibrate), избирам подходящ момент за, върша нещо когато трябва, съобразявам се с времето, тактувам (beat time), темпо (movement, pace, rate, tempo), час (hour, period), работно време, регулирам (adjust, govern, regularize, regulate, rubricate, temper, tune, tune up), случай (call, case, chance, event, hazard, incident, occasion, thing), удобен момент (opportunity), време (date, day, length, occasion, tide, weather, when, while). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

temps (while). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

篇幅 (ink, length, space), 時間 (period), 時節 (season), 時期 (a period in time or history, period, phase), 時候 (length of time, moment, period), 時 (hour, O'clock, period, season, when), 期間 (period, period of time, time period), 期 (a period of time, period, phase, stage, term, to hope), 时间 (timing), 季節 (period, season). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

prýs (meal). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

vrijeme. (various references)

   

Czech

  

èas (tense, term, tide, while). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tid (while), time (hour), gang (corridor, occasion, passage). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

keer (about-face, alteration, change, conversion, occasion, transformation, turn), tijd (tense, time-consuming), maal (meal, occasion). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tempon, tempo (while), horo (hour, time hour), fojo (occasion). (various references)

   

Estonian

  

ajal. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

tími (hour, lesson, o'clock), tíð (while), reis (occasion), ferð (journey, occasion, train, trip, voyage). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

گاه (Period), ایام , عهد (Avow, Clause, Covenant, Era, Pact, Promise, Testament, Vow, Word), زمان (Date, Moment, Zeitgeist), زمانی , ساعتی , روزگار (Period, World), وقت معین کردن , فرصت (Breather, Chance, Leisure, Opportunity, Season, Shot, Space, Start, Vantage), مدروز, مدت (Duration, Interval, Length, Life, Outage, Patch, Period, Stretch, Term, Tract, Usance), مرورزمان راثبت کردن , مجال (Chance, Leisure, Opportunity, Room), متقارن ساختن , موقعی , وقت (Hour, Period). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kerta (occasion, turn), aika (age, day, hour, hours, moment, period, while). (various references)

   

Flemish

  

tijd, laat (late). (various references)

   

French

  

temps, heure, fois (times), époque. (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

temps, l'heure (the time), heure. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

tiid (while), oere (hour, o'clock). (various references)

   

Galician

  

tempo, hora. (various references)

   

German

  

Zeit (age, hour, hours, period, tense, tide, while), Zeitpunkt (date, moment), zeitlich (chronologic, chronological, chronologically, seasonal, temporal, temporale, temporally, transitory), Stunde (class, hour, lesson, o'clock, period, session), Mal (brand, by, Mark, occasion, on occasion, once, sign, sometimes, times), laufzeit (elapse time, milage, mileage, operational time, period of validity, run, running time, runtime, term). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ώρα (hour, session), φορά (trend). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

ára (day). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

tan, lè, kilè (what time, when). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

orë (clock, hour, o'clock, watch), kohë (while), herë (occasion). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

זמן (date). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

korszak (age, cycle, epoch, era, period, storm and stress), idõ. (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

tími (hour, o'clock, while), tíð (while), stund (hour, o'clock). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

waktu, ketika (as, moment, when), kala (epoch, era, period), abad (age, centanary, century, epoch, era). (various references)

   

Irish

  

am (while). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tempo (day, period, season, stage, tempo, tense, weather, while), ora (at present, hour, in a minute, moment, now, period, shortly), epoca (age, days, epoch, era, period). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

時 (hour, moment, occasion), 星霜 (years), 余裕 (allowance, composure, margin, room, rope, scope, surplus). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じき (abandonment, at once, being straight, chance, cheerfulness, china, correctness, despair, desperation, direct, frankness, honesty, in person, just, magnetism, near by, next period, next term, night duty, opportunity, period, porcelain, season, seasons, self-recording, simplicity, soon, writing oneself), き (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, chronicle, coffer, crude, deed, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, spirit, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow), よゆう (allowance, composure, margin, room, rope, scope, surplus), けい (about, approximately, beheading, group, incline, knight, lean, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, toward, whip), じぶん (hour, modern literature, myself, oneself, season, time of the year), じつげつ (days, sun and moon, years), じかん (the space between letters or characters, undersecretary, vice-minister), ゆとり (affluence, reserve, room), じじつ (date, fact, reality, truth), れきじつ (calendar day, the passing of time), はくし (a small token of appreciation, beat, blank paper, chance, doctorate, PhD, rhythm, tempo, weak-willed, white paper), としつき (months and years, years), とき (hour, Japanese crested ibis, meals exchanged by parishioners and priests, moment, occasion), てま (labour), ちょうし (condition, decanter, eldest child or son, impetus, key, knack, listening and watching, manner, memorial address, message of condolence, mood, pitch, rhythm, spur of the moment, state of health, strain, style, tone, trend, tune, vein, way), ちょう (billion, block, bowels, butterfly, cake, condoling with, frivolity, government office, guts, hyper-, indication, intestines, leaf, mourning, omen, pitch, portent, sign, super-, tempo, tone, trillion, ultra-), じこく (instant, moment, one's own country), せいそう (be dressed up, cleaning, full dress, political strife, testicle, uniform, wear rich clothes, years), ひょうし (beat, binding, chance, front cover, rhythm, tempo), ひととき (moment), ま (demon, devil, due, evil spirit evil influence, genuine, just, pause, pure, right, room, space, true), さいげつ (years), つきひ (days, years), ほうそうじかん (air time, broadcasting hours), タイム , せつ (acute, ardent, eager, earnest, filthy, keen, kind, node, occasion, section, temple, theory), ひあい (daily interest rate, grief, sadness, sorrow), ごろ (about, approximately, euphony, grounder, the sound, the sound or euphony of a sentence, toward), こくげん (appointed time), こういん (abduction, arrest, bank clerk, custody, descendant, factory worker, Father Time, Imperial descendant, official seal, scion, seduction, sexual indulgence), ころ (about, approximately, toward), こく (ancient expression, carving, cutting, engraving, harsh, old poem, rigorous, severe, strict, stringent, unfair, victory, volume measure), れきねん (calendar year, civil year, year after year), にちげつ (days, sun and moon, years). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

시간 (Hour, hours, hr). (various references)

   

Luganda

  

ssaawa (o'clock), saawa, obudde (current time). (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

zäit. (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

fotoana. (various references)

   

Malay

  

jam (hour, o'clock). (various references)

   

Manx

  

traa (duration, occasion, period, tempo), towse (calibre, capacity, divine law, dose, gauge, mark off, size, size up, sum up, summing up, tit of gold, value, weigh, weigh out; rating), tammylt (space, span, spell, way, way distance, while), am. (various references)

   

Maori

  

waa. (various references)

   

Maya

  

eem (to go down). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

time (hour, o'clock), tid (while). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

temps (que passa). (various references)

   

Papago

  

tiampo. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

tempu (weather, while), tempo (while), ora (hour, o'clock), bes (occasion), be (occasion). (various references)

   

Pidgin English

  

time. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imetay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

raz (occasion), godzina (hour, o'clock), czas (while). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

tempo (hour, period, season, tempo, tense, weather, while), vez (occasion, rank, turn). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

tempo (weather), vez. (various references)

   

Quechua

  

timpumanta (about time), imura (what time). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

timp (age, beat, course, cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, hour, length, period, season, tense, term, weather, while), vreme (age, date, day, era, tide, times, weather, while), orã (class, hour). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

temp. (various references)

   

Romany

  

vakùti. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

время (amount of time, close season, closed season, cockcrow, cock-crow, morrow, period, spell, time-of-day, while). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ùine (season, while). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tempirati, tempirani, vremenski (temporal, weather), vreme (epoch, season, spell, tense, weather), vek (age, century, era, life), put (drive, flesh, onto, passage, path, road, to, tour, towards, trip, way), podesiti vremenski, period (age, period, while), oročeni, odmeriti vreme, epoha (epoch, times). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

tempu (weather). (various references)

   

Slovene

  

uri (o`clock), ura, èasa, èas. (various references)

   

Somali

  

wakhti. (various references)

   

Sotho

  

nako. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hora (h, hour, o'clock, term, tour), tiempo (cyclone, movement, part, period, quarter, tense, term, tour, weather, while), vez (lieu, mark, occasion, place, turn). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

ten (while), yuru (hire, hour, o'clock). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

wakati (while), saa (clock, hour, hours, o'clock, watch), nafasi (room, while), mara (occasion). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tid (age, day, days, epoch, period, season, space, span, term, while), gång (action, aisle, corridor, course, duct, foot, gait, gangway, go, going, motion, moving, occasion, operation, pace, passage, passageway, path, progress, road, route, running, the passage of time, tread, vent, walk, walking, walkway, way, working), tidpunkt (date, hour, juncture, moment, when), tempo (movement, pace, speed, tempo), takt (address, bar, beat, delicacy, discretion, finesse, grace, measure, pace, rate, stroke, tact), stund (moment, while). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

time, sandalî (minute, while), panahón (weather, while), oras (hours), óras (hour, o'clock). (various references)

   

Tahitian

  

hora (hour). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เวลาที่ทำงาน, เวลา (duration), ช่วงชีวิตของบุคคล, กำหนดเวลา, การลงโทษจำคุก, ตั้งเวลา (set), ฤดูกาล, ค่าจ้าง, ครั้ง, จับเวลา (clock), จังหวะของดนตรี. (various references)

   

Tswana

  

nako. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zaman (bout, cycle, date, day, father time, hour, sands, season, tense, when, while, whilst), saat (clock, horologe, hour, meter, o'clock, ticker, timer, watch). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

zaman (epoch, era), pursat (moment), mцwrit, mahal, halat (season), gezek, esse. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

установлювати темп, сезон (season), раз (bout, now, once), хронометрувати (minute), час (date, hour, tense, while), година (hour, o'clock, one), вибирати час, момент (article, breath, breathing, moment, point, snatch), приурочувати, період часу (generation). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tranh thủ thời gian, thì giờ thời, thời gian (duration, when), thời cơ thời kỳ, thời buổi, thời đại (aeon, day, eon, era), mùa dịp, đôi lúc trì hoãn, đời thời hạn, cơ hội (opportunity, peg, time-serving), kỳ hạn giờ lúc lần, kéo dài thời gian đúng lúc, lượt (bout, turn), đôi khi (once, sometimes), luôn luôn (always, constantly), vượt thời gian thỉnh thoảng, lúc nào cũng giữa lúc ấy. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

awr (hour, o'clock), amser (tempo, tense, while), adeg (occasion, opportunity, while). (various references)

   

Wolof

  

waxtu. (various references)

   

Xhosa

  

ixesha. (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

tyempo (while), ora (hour, o'clock), k'iin (day, sun, while). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

isikhathi (while), ihora (hour, o'clock). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Time

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

en, ud. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

hora, tempus. (various references)

Avestan200-600

âfañt, zrvânahe. (various references)

Old English450-1100

first, hwil, -hwil. (various references)

Old French900-1400

tens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Time

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 16, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMikron kai ou qewreite me kai palin mikron kai oyesqe me oti egw upagw proV ton patera
Latin405VulgateModicum et iam non videbitis me et iterum modicum et videbitis me quia vado ad Patrem
Old English990West SaxonNu embe an lytel ge me ne ge-seoð.& eft embe litel ge mege-seoð. for-þam þe ich fare to þam fæder.
Middle English1395WyclifA litil, and thanne ye schulen not se me; and eftsoone a litil, and ye schulen se me, for Y go to the fadir.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAfter a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me: For I goo to the father.
Jacobean English1611King JamesA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Victorian English1833WebsterA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Basic English1964OgdenAfter a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Time

LanguageJohn Chapter 16, Verse 16
Cebuano¶ "Sulod sa hamubong panahon, dili na kamo makakita kanako; ug unya tapus sa hamubong panahon, makakita kamo kanako."
Chinese等 不 多 時 、 你 們 就 不 得 見 我 ． 再 等 不 多 時 、 你 們 還 要 見 我 。
Croatian"Malo, i više me neæete vidjeti; i opet malo, pa æete me vidjeti."
DanishOm en liden Stund skulle I ikke se mig længer, og atter om en liden Stund skulle I se mig."
DutchEen kleinen tijd, en gij zult Mij niet zien; en wederom een kleinen tijd, en gij zult Mij zien, want Ik ga heen tot den Vader.
FinnishVähän aikaa, niin te ette enää minua näe, ja taas vähän aikaa, niin te näette minut."
FrenchEncore un peu de temps, et vous ne me verrez plus; et puis encore un peu de temps, et vous me verrez, parce que je vais au Père.
GermanÜber ein kleines, so werdet ihr mich nicht sehen; und aber über ein kleines, so werdet ihr mich sehen, denn ich gehe zum Vater.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Tinggal sesaat saja kalian tak akan melihat Aku lagi, dan juga tinggal sesaat lagi kalian akan melihat Aku."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama"Hanya seketika lagi maka tiada kamu memandang Aku, dan lagi pula seketika sahaja, maka kamu akan melihat Aku."
ItalianAncora un poco e non mi vedrete; un po' ancora e mi vedrete».
LatvianVçl neilgi, un jûs mani vairs neredzçsiet; un atkal neilgu brîdi, un jûs mani redzçsiet, jo es eju pie Tçva.
Maori¶ Taro ake, a e kore koutou e kite ano i ahau: a taro ake ano, ka kite koutou i ahau, no te mea ka haere ahau ki te Matua.
NorwegianOm en liten stund ser I mig ikke lenger, og atter om en liten stund skal I se mig.
PortugueseUm pouco, e já não me vereis; e outra vez um pouco, e ver-me-eis.   
RumanianPeste puyinq vreme, nu Mq veyi mai vedea; apoi iarqw peste puyinq vreme, Mq veyi vedea, pentrucq Mq duc la Tatql.``
RussianчУЛПТЕ ЧЩ ОЕ ХЧЙДЙФЕ нЕОС, Й ПРСФШ ЧУЛПТЕ ХЧЙДЙФЕ нЕОС, ЙВП с ЙДХ Л пФГХ.
Shuar¶ `Ishichik pujusrum Winia Wáitkiashtatrume. Nuyá ataksha ishichik pujusrum ataksha Wáitkiattarme. Wisha winia Aparuí wéajai" Tímiayi.
Spanish"Un poquito, y no me veréis; de nuevo un poquito, y me veréis."
Swahili"Bado kitambo kidogo nanyi hamtaniona; na baada ya kitambo kidogo tena mtaniona!"
SwedishEn liten tid, och I sen mig icke mer; och åter en liten tid, och I fån se mig*."
Uma¶ Na'uli' wo'o-mi Yesus: "Hampai' -damo pai' uma-apa nihiloi. Hampai' wo'o-damo, nihilo wo'o-ama."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Time

Derivations

Words beginning with "time": timecard, timecards, timed, timekeeper, timekeepers, timekeeping, timekeepings, timeless, timelessly, timelessness, timelessnesses, timelier, timeliest, timeline, timelines, timeliness, timelinesses, timely, timeous, timeously, timeout, timeouts, timepiece, timepieces, timepleaser, timepleasers, timer, timers, times, timesaver, timesavers, timesaving, timescale, timescales, timeserver, timeservers, timeserving, timeservings, timetable, timetables, timework, timeworker, timeworkers, timeworks, timeworn. (additional references)

Words ending with "time": aftertime, airtime, anytime, bedtime, beforetime, betime, centime, chowtime, daytime, dinnertime, downtime, dreamtime, flexitime, flextime, foretime, halftime, harvesttime, intime, lifetime, longtime, lunchtime, maritime, mealtime, meantime, mistime, nighttime, noontime, onetime, optime, overtime, pastime, peacetime, playtime, ragtime, realtime, retime, schooltime, seedtime, septime, showtime, sometime, springtime, stime, summertime, suppertime, teatime, termtime, uptime, wartime, wintertime, zonetime. (additional references)

Words containing "time": aftertimes, airtimes, altimeter, altimeters, altimetries, altimetry, antimechanist, antimechanists, antimere, antimeres, antimerger, antimetabolic, antimetabolics, antimetabolite, antimetabolites, antimetaphysical, antisentimental, bedtimes, betimes, betweentimes, centimes, centimeter, centimeters, chowtimes, conductimetric, daytimes, dinnertimes, divertimenti, divertimento, divertimentos, downtimes, dreamtimes, flexitimes, flextimes, foretimes, halftimes, harvesttimes, lifetimes, lunchtimes, mealtimes, meantimes, mistimed, mistimes, multimedia, multimedias, multimegaton, multimegatons, multimegawatt, multimegawatts, multimember, multimetallic. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Time" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ctime, eimi, etime, ime, imee, imi, imme, Itmi, Itmk, jime, ptfma, taine, tameo, tami, tammi, tamu, taze, Tdma, teame, teeme, tema, temeo, temi, Temne, Temo, thiem, Tiamat, tibe, tieb, tiee, tiej, tiem, tieu, tiex, tife, tige, tim, tima, timac, Timah, Timan, timb, timbel, timebo, timeo, timet, timex, timj, Timm, timme, Timmel, Timmo, Timney, timo, timop, timp, tims, timy, tince, tinea, tineb, tinee, tinel, tinep, tinew, tini, tinoe, tinze, tioe, tiom, tiqe, tism, Titma, Tiumen, tive, tiwe, tixe, tize, tlm, t'men, tmi, Tmimi, toim, toime, Toimi, tomae, tomay, tomee, tomeh, tomey, tomi, tomie, tomma, tomme, tomte, tomwe, trime, trimel, trimey, Tsim, tume, tumi, twim, tyae, tyfe, Tyma, tyme, Tymen, tymnet, tynex, tyve, tyze. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Time"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "time" (pronounced tī"m)
3t ī" monetime.
2-ī" manticrime, mime, prime, chime, climb, crime, dime, grime, lime, rhyme, slime, sublime, thyme.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Time

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: emit, item, mite.

Words within the letters "e-i-m-t"

-1 letter: met, tie.

-2 letters: em, et, it, me, mi, ti.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-m-t"
 

+1 letter: demit, emits, items, merit, metis, miter, mites, mitre, remit, smite, stime, tempi, timed, timer, times.

 

+2 letters: bemist, bemixt, betime, demits, emetic, emetin, enmity, etamin, fomite, gimlet, hermit, imaret, impute, inmate, intime, itemed, iterum, kismet, limpet, merits, metier, meting, metric, midget, millet, milted, milter, minted, minter, minuet, minute, misate, miseat, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, mitten, moiety, motile, motive, mutine, optime, permit, pitmen, reemit, remint, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, samite, smiter, smites, somite, stimes, stymie, tamein, tammie, tedium, telium, theism, timber, timbre, timely, timers, tinmen, titmen, tmesis, trimer, uptime.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction 		13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency 		17. Names: Derived from
18. Names: Company Usage
19. Cities
20. Expressions 		21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace 		25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes 		29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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