times
tahymz
- n a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
it was a sign of the times - n an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
four times three equals twelve - n an instance or single occasion for some event
he called four times - n a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- n an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- n a suitable moment
- n the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
- n a person's experience on a particular occasion
- n a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- n the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- n rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- n the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- v measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- v assign a time for an activity or event
- v set the speed, duration, or execution of
- v regulate or set the time of
- v 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