“time”

Definitions

• noun

  an instance or single occasion for some event

  Synonyms: clip, archean, archeozoic, cambrian, carboniferous, cenozoic, comanchean, cretaceous, devonian, eocene, glacial, holocene

  • Example:“This time he succeeded.”
  • Example:“He called four times.”

• noun

  a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

  • Example:“Take time to smell the roses.”
  • Example:“I didn't have time to finish.”

• noun

  an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

  • Example:“the time of year for planting”
  • Example:“He was a great actor in his time.”

• noun

  a suitable moment

  • Example:“It is time to go.”

• noun

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

  • Example:“He waited for along time.”
  • Example:“It took some time before he got an answer.”

• noun

  a person's experience on a particular occasion

  • Example:“He had a time holding back the tears.”
  • Example:“They had a good time together.”