Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

    I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

    measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

  2. (transitive)To choose when something commences or its duration.

    The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

    The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

    Zeitpunkt wählen, zeitlich planen, terminieren

  3. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

  4. To measure, as in music or harmony.

    Zeit nehmen, Zeit stoppen, Zeit messen

    хронометрироватьxronometrirovatʹ, засекать времяzasekatʹ vremja

  5. (obsolete)To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

  6. (obsolete)To pass time; to delay.

    regulate or set the time of

Examples

40060 sentences

  1. I was trying to kill time.

    Я намагався вбити час. — triantafillou

    ruЯ пытался скоротать время. — paul_lingvo

    deIch versuchte, die Zeit totzuschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. It happened a long time ago.

    Це трапилося дуже давно. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло давным-давно. — Hellerick

    deEs ist vor langer Zeit passiert. — MUIRIEL

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  3. It's high time you got going.

    Тобі вже давно час іти. — deniko

    ruТебе уже пора идти. — fjay69

    deDu solltest schon längst abgefahren sein. — xtofu80

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  4. We are having a good time.

    Нам весело. — deniko

    ruМы хорошо проводим время. — odexed

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  5. Are you having a good time?

    Ви добре проводите час? — deniko

    ruВы хорошо проводите время? — nami

    deAmüsierst du dich gut? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to measure time:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to choose the time for:
to measure time:

Origin

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, seaso

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.

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Forms

times, timing, timed, timed
Base formtime · to time
3rd person singulartimes
Present participletiming
Past simpletimed
Past participletimed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytime
he, she, ittimes

Past simpleLesson

all personstimed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave timed
he, she, ithas timed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill time

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
to choose the time for:setA1
to measure time:clockA1
Close in meaning
  • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time:clock

Word family

9 related words
Relatedtimertiming
DerivedovertimeB2mistimeover-timeretimetimeabletimedtime out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
timbertimbretimelessB2timeline
time — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto