time, n.
(times)
freq. cnt. 595
(times)
freq. cnt. 595
an instance or single occasion for some event
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 220 freq. cnt.: 219 freq. cnt.: 1
clip time
sample sentences
"this time he succeeded""he called four times"
"he could do ten at a clip"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 160 freq. cnt.: 160
time
sample sentences
"take time to smell the roses""I didn't have time to finish"
"it took more than half my time"
"he waited for a long time"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 114 freq. cnt.: 114
time
sample sentences
"the time of year for planting""he was a great actor in his time"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a suitable moment
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43
time
sample sentences
"it is time to go"
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
<noun.Tops> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 36
time
sample sentences
"he waited for along time""it took some time before he got an answer"
"time flies like an arrow"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
geological time, geologic time
biological time
cosmic time
civil time, standard time, local time
daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings
present, nowadays
past, yesteryear, past times
future, hereafter, futurity, time to come
musical time
continuum
Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1
duration, continuance
eternity, infinity
a person's experience on a particular occasion
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
time
sample sentences
"he had a time holding back the tears""they had a good time together"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
clock time time
sample sentences
"do you know what time it is?""the time is 10 o'clock"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
attribute
hypernym
hyponym
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2
fourth dimension time
semantic pointers
hypernym
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
meter metre time
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
prison term sentence time
sample sentences
"he served a prison term of 15 months""his sentence was 5 to 10 years"
"he is doing time in the county jail"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form