Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: From Time To Time |
From Time To TimeAdverb1. Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: From Time To TimeSynonyms: at times (adv), now and again (adv), now and then (adv), occasionally (adv), on occasion (adv), once in a while (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Frequency | Sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: From Time To Time |
| English words defined with "from time to time": casual ♦ Increasing function, Index prohibitorius, international law ♦ occasional ♦ periodic, Prohibitory index. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "from time to time": Bahr Geist, blanket sluice ♦ decreasing term assurance, Don't do that then! ♦ freely usable currency ♦ hour week, Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined ♦ miner's weight ♦ Sturtevant grinder ♦ trickle charge. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Artoo says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1. Actually Artoo has been known to make mistakes from time to time Oh dear (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so if every planet in the universe has a population of zero, then the entire population of the universe must also be zero, and any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) I don't know whether that kind of thinking's very healthy; but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time. But tonight tonight! (The Bridge on the River Kwai; writing credit: Pierre Boulle) Allow for the possibility that from time to time other people are at least as smart as you are! (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
Lyrics | You call the house from time to time (Too Bad; performing artist: Nickelback) A-From sun to sun and from time to time ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) | |
Movie/TV Titles | From Time to Time (1992) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Miss Alice Pavl is shown sewing the thirty-sixth star on the suffrage ratification banner, the stars having been added from time to time as the various states ratified. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Oscar Wilde | Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. |
Thomas Jefferson | The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. |
William Shakespeare | Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love. |
Winston Churchill | Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And this properly concerns only such governments where the legislative is always in being, or at least where the people have not reserved any part of the legislative to deputies, to be from time to time chosen by themselves. (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) |
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) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | These four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its discretion. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Always singing, the boy stopped from time to time, and played at tossing up some pieces of money that he had in his hand, probably his whole fortune. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This loadstone is under the care of certain astronomers, who from time to time give it such positions as the monarch directs. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It licks its chaps from time to time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Since this site is regularly updated, you may wish to re-visit it from time to time. (references) | |
If episodes of transient insomnia occur from time to time, the insomnia is said to be intermittent. (references) | ||
Most of us overeat from time to time, and many people often feel they've eaten more than they should have. Eating a lot of food does not always mean that a person has binge eating disorder. (references) | ||
Business | GSD maintains lists of registered suppliers who are, from time to time, invited to tender for the products that they have registered. (references) | |
Foreign Certification Authority (CA) service providers and PKI vendors try to enter the market such as VeriSign (U.S.), Baltimore (Ireland), Entrust Technologies (Canada), Sonera Smart Trust (Finnland), RSA Laboratories (US). From time to time there are tenders (to test the market and prices) issued by telecom companies (MATAV), banks (GIRO, OTP) and the government but in most of the cases, the tenders are declared unsuccessful. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Morocco | While Morocco has from time to time provided political asylum to individuals, the issue of first asylum never has arisen. (references) |
Tonga | However, the national media from time to time carries comments critical of government practices and policies, including some made by prominent citizens. (references) | |
Economic History | Maldives | There is no stock market, although some public sector corporations from time to time issue shares. (references) |
Human Rights | Philippines | The ASG, which from time to time claims that its motivations are political or religious in order to attract sympathy for its actions, and which in the past has had links to the al-Qaida terrorist organization, appeared during the year to use terror mainly for profit. (references) |
Korea | The regime justifies its dictatorship with arguments derived from concepts of collective consciousness and the superiority of the collective over the individual, appeals to nationalism, and citations of "the juche idea." The authorities emphasize that the core concept of juche is "the ability to act independently without regard to outside interference." Originally described as "a creative application of Marxism-Leninism" in the national context, juche is a malleable philosophy reinterpreted from time to time by the regime as its ideological needs change and is used by the regime as a "spiritual" underpinning for its rule. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Government development projects for the Orang Asli are announced from time to time. (references) |
Minorities | Turkey | However, some incidents against religious minorities still occur, and extremist groups or individuals target minority communities from time to time. (references) |
Kenya | Politicians, both opposition and ruling party, from time to time appeal to majority prejudices by attacking Asian citizens, accusing them of exploiting and usurping the natural inheritance of African citizens. (references) | |
Trade | Vietnam | This list may be altered from time to time. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | Besides Guagua Pichincha and Tungurahua, other volcanoes in Ecuador may, from time to time, also exhibit increased activity. (references) |
Egypt | There is a low risk of exposure to exotic diseases in Egypt such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF). RVF, which flares up in parts of the country from time to time, is a mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals that can infect humans. (references) | |
Bolivia | Except for a crucial 30-Km stretch, the "new" road between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz is also paved, a new paved road from Santa Cruz to Trinidad (580 kms), will be inaugurated in August 2001. Other roads, including all overland links to Argentina and Brazil, are often impassable or extremely slow from time to time due to regularly occurring rain coupled with poor maintenance. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Linda Thompson | My phone rang, and it was Lisa Marie, who was only nine years old at the time, and she used to call me from time to time because we were very close. As I said, I loved her a lot then. I love her a lot now. And she said, Linda, it's Lisa. |
Mary Tyler Moore | Thank God. I've been depressed from time to time, but never so much that I would seriously consider doing something else that I knew nothing about. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "from time to time": glance at from time to time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "from time to time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shikoj çast nga çasti (glance at from time to time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من آن لآخر (on and off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èas od èasu (on and off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aika ajoin (at intervals, at times, for a while, for some time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quelquefois, par périodes, de temps en temps. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | von zeit zu zeit (now and again, now and then). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πότε-πότε (occasionally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפעמים (occasionally, sometimes), לעתים (at times, occasionally, on occasion, sometimes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | időről-időre (time and again), időközönként (now and then). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sesaat-sesaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 折節 (at times, occasionally, the season), 折り節 (at times, occasionally, the season), 往々にして (now and then, occasionally, sometimes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おうおうにして (now and then, occasionally, sometimes), おりふし (at times, occasionally, the season). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omfray imetay otay imetay din când în când (at intervals, at times, ever and anon, every now and then, every so often, now and again, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, periodically). (various references) время от времени (at odd times, from time-to-time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on and again, on and off, periodically, time after time). (various references) baciti pogled s vremena na vreme (glance at from time to time). (various references) emellanåt (at times, occasionally, several times, sometimes), då och då (at odd moments, at odd times, every now and again, every now and then, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once and away, once in a while), alltemellanåt (several times, sometimes). (various references) zaman zaman (betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, in places, now and again, now and then, on and off), bazen (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, sometime, sometimes), ara sıra (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, by snatches, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, in places, in snatches, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes). (various references) wagtal-wagtal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 9, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai adelfoi autwn en taiV aulaiV autwn tou eisporeuesqai kata epta hmeraV apo kairou eiV kairon meta toutwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fratres autem eorum in viculis morabantur et veniebant in sabbatis suis de tempore usque ad tempus |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And their brethren, who were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 9, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang ilang kaigsoonan, sa ilang mga balangay kinahanglan nga moanha sa tagpito ka adlaw sa ngadto-ngadto aron sa pagpuyo uban kanila: |
| Chinese | 他 們 的 族 弟 兄 住 在 村 莊 、 每 七 日 來 與 他 們 換 班 。 |
| Croatian | Njihova braæa po selima dolazila su od vremena do vremena da im se pridruže po sedam dana. |
| Danish | og deres Brødre i deres Landsbyer skulde fra Tid til anden, syv Dage ad Gangen, møde for at stå dem bi; |
| Dutch | En hun broeders waren op hun dorpen, inkomende ten zevenden dage van tijd tot tijd, om met hen te dienen; |
| Finnish | Ja heidän veljiensä, jotka asuivat kylissään, oli aina määräaikoina seitsemäksi päiväksi tultava toimittamaan palvelusta yhdessä heidän kanssaan; |
| French | Leurs frères, qui demeuraient dans leurs villages, devaient de temps autre venir auprès d`eux pendant sept jours. |
| German | Ihre Brüder aber waren auf ihren Dörfern, daß sie hereinkämen allezeit je des siebenten Tages, bei ihnen zu sein, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sanak saudara mereka yang tinggal di desa-desa, membantu mereka secara bergilir--setiap kali satu minggu lamanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala saudara mereka itu, yang di dalam dusun-dusunnya, ia itu datang pada tiap-tiap tujuh hari dari pada masa datang kepada masa yang tentu akan menggantikan mereka itu, |
| Italian | I loro fratelli, che abitavano nei loro villaggi, talvolta dovevano andare con loro per sette giorni. |
| Korean | 그 향 리 에 있 " 형 " 은 이 마 다 와 서 함 께 하 니 |
| Maori | Na i whakaritea o ratou teina i o ratou kainga koraha kia haere mai i te takanga o nga ra e whitu, i ia wa, i ia wa, hei hoa mo ratou: |
| Norwegian | Og deres brødre, som bodde i sine landsbyer, skulde fra tid til annen komme og hjelpe dem for syv dager ad gangen. |
| Portuguese | Seus irmãos, que moravam nas suas aldeias, deviam de tempo em tempo vir por sete dias para servirem com eles. |
| Rumanian | Frayii lor, cari locuiau kn satele lor, trebuiau sq vinq din timp kn timp la ei wapte zile. |
| Spanish | Sus hermanos que estaban en sus aldeas venían de tiempo en tiempo, para estar con éstos durante siete días. |
| Swedish | Och deras bröder, de som fingo bo i sina byar, skulle var sjunde dag, alltid på samma timme, infinna sig hos dem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Expressions 14. Translations: Modern 15. Bible Trace 16. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
