TIME DEFINITION

TIME DEFINITION

time

/tīm/

noun

1. 1.

   the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

   "travel through space and time"
2. 2.

   a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon.

   "the time is 9:30"

   synonyms:

   hour;  datedo'clock "what time is it?"

verb

1. 1.

   plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

   "the first track race is timed for 11:15"

   synonyms:

   schedule, set, set up, arrange, organize, fix, fix up, fix a time for, book, line up, slot in, prearrange, timetable, bill, program, plan;  slate "his meeting had been timed for three o'clock"
2. 2.

   measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it).

   "we were timed and given certificates according to our speed"

   synonyms:

   measure, put a stopwatch on, meter, count;  informalclock "he timed it—it took two minutes and forty-three seconds"