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Meaning of time

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  time
      n 1: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time
           he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at
           a clip" [syn: {time}, {clip}]
      2: 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"
      3: 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 in his 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: a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a
         time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
      7: a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you
         know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" [syn: {clock
         time}, {time}]
      8: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three
         spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event [syn: {fourth
         dimension}, {time}]
      9: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
         [syn: {meter}, {metre}, {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" [syn: {prison term},
          {sentence}, {time}]
      v 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" [syn: {clock}, {time}]
      2: assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate
         carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
      3: set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the
         process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
      4: regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
      5: adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the
         desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit
         the ball squarely"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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