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Idioms about time

Origin of time

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; akin to tide1

OTHER WORDS FROM time

re·time, verb (used with object), re·timed, re·tim·ing.un·timed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH time

thyme, time
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How to use time in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for time

time
/ (taɪm) /

noun
verb (tr)
interjection
the word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing time

Word Origin for time

Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for time

time
[ tīm ]

A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence proceeding from the past through the present to the future. See Note at space-time.
  1. An interval separating two points of this quantity; a duration.
  2. A system or reference frame in which such intervals are measured or such quantities are calculated.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with time

time

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