time
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past eventsThe inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
» I was trying to kill time.
Ich versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen.
Я пытался скоротать время.
Я пыталась скоротать время.
Я намагався вбити час.
Meaning
26 senses(uncountable)The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
(uncountable)The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
Time flies when you're having fun.
(uncountable, usually)A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
(uncountable)Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
(uncountable)The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
A duration of time.
(uncountable)A quantity of availability of duration.
More time is needed to complete the project.
You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
(countable)A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
a long time
Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
Zeit
вре́мяvrémja
часčas
(slang, uncountable)The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.
He is not living at home because he is doing time.
срокsrok
строкstrok, термінtermin
(countable)An experience.
We had a wonderful time at the party.
a person's experience on a particular occasion
(countable)An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
Roman times
the time of the dinosaurs
(uncountable)A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
In my time, we respected our elders.
Zeit
вре́мяvrémja
(countable, figuratively, singular, uncountable)Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
Examples
40060 sentencesI was trying to kill time.
Я намагався вбити час.
ruЯ пытался скоротать время.
deIch versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen.
It happened a long time ago.
Це трапилося дуже давно.
ruЭто произошло давным-давно.
deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert.
It's high time you got going.
Тобі вже давно час іти.
ruТебе уже пора идти.
deDu solltest schon längst abgefahren sein.
We are having a good time.
Нам весело.
ruМы хорошо проводим время.
Are you having a good time?
Ви добре проводите час?
ruВы хорошо проводите время?
deAmüsierst du dich gut?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 6
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, seasoFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: timesSynonyms
16 synonyms- an instance or single occasion for some event:clip
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock:clock time
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event:fourth dimension
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration:metermetre
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned:prison termsentence
Word family
635 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Numbers, dates and time — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- a long time
- times times
- the last time
- the first time
- three times times
- many times times
- long time
- last time
- first time
- a good time
- all the time
- lot of time