Skip to main content

Time

/tɑem/

Time is a verb, noun and interjection with 6 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
    “I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.”
  2. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
    “The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.”
noun
  1. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
    “Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time”
  2. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
    “Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.”

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms set clock

Origin

From Middle English time.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A word like “Time” rarely sticks from a single glance at a definition. WordMaster turns vocabulary into a game you play in context so it stays with you. Read the meaning above, then guess it in the tile, anagram, or hangman format — and every word you meet is logged for review.

Related words

More 4-letter words starting with T

More 4-letter words