time

CEFRA1

/taɪm/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The measured period during which events happen.

  2. 02

    verb

    To choose the right moment for something.

Examples

  • I don't know if I have the time.

  • The world exists in time and space.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [təi̯m]
  • [tʰaɪ̯m]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

  2. The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.

  3. Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

More examples

In context

  • One can always find time.

  • Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.

  • Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) * Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”) * Swedish timma, timme (“hour”).