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What is the definition of time?
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1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
4. A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M.
5. A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time.
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1. An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles.
2. times The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends: You must change with the times.
3. A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life.
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1. Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed.
2. Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity: I have no time for golf.
3. A period at one's disposal: Do you have time for a chat?
5. An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near.
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1. One of several instances: knocked three times; addressed Congress for the last time before retirement.
2. times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided: This tree is three times taller than that one. My library is many times smaller than hers.
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1. One's lifetime.
2. One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
3. A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion: had a good time at the party.
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1. A period of military service.
2. A period of apprenticeship.
3. Informal. A prison sentence.
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1. The customary period of work: hired for full time.
2. The period spent working.
3. The hourly pay rate: earned double time on Sundays.
10. The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast: “There's television time to buy” (Brad Goldstein).
11. The rate of speed of a measured activity: marching in double time.
12. Music.
1. The meter of a musical pattern: three-quarter time.
2. The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played; the tempo.
13. Chiefly British. The hour at which a pub closes.
14. Sports. A time-out.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or measuring time.
2. Constructed so as to operate at a particular moment: a time release.
3. Payable on a future date or dates.
4. Of or relating to installment buying: time payments.
tr.v. timed, tim·ing, times
1. To set the time for (an event or occasion).
2. To adjust to keep accurate time.
3. To adjust so that a force is applied or an action occurs at the desired time: timed his swing so as to hit the ball squarely.
4. To record the speed or duration of: time a runner.
5. To set or maintain the tempo, speed, or duration of: time a manufacturing process.
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Does the light in the refrigerator stay on when you shut the door?
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It goes out.