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Noun time has 10 senses

time, clip - an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
--₁ is a kind of case, instance, example
time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"
--₂ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₂ has particulars:
day; dead; hard times; incarnation; wee; while, piece, spell, patch; moment, minute, second, bit; ephemera; space age

Derived forms: verb time₄, verb time₁
time - a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
--₃ is a kind of time period, period of time, period

Derived form: verb time₁
time - a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
--₄ is a kind of moment, minute, second, instant
--₄ has particulars: high time; occasion
Derived forms: verb time₅, verb time₃, verb time₂

time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
--₅ is a kind of abstraction
--₅ has particulars:

clock time, time - the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock"
--₆ is a kind of reading, meter reading, indication
--₆ has particulars:
spacecraft clock time, SCLK; prime time; hour, time of day

Derived form: verb time₄
fourth dimension, time - the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
--₇ is a kind of dimension
time - a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
--₈ is a kind of experience
meter, metre, time - rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
--₉ is a kind of rhythmicity
prison term, sentence, time - the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
--₁₀ is a kind of term
--₁₀ has particulars: hard time; life sentence, life

Verb time has 5 senses

clock, time - measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"
--₁ is one way to quantify, measure

Derived forms: noun time₃, noun time₂, noun timer₂, noun timer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
time - assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
--₂ is one way to schedule

Derived forms: noun time₄, noun timing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
time - set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
--₃ is one way to determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate

Derived forms: noun time₄, noun timer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
time - regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
--₄ is one way to adjust, set, correct

Derived forms: noun time₆, noun time₂, noun timer₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
time - adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
--₅ is one way to adjust, set, correct

Derived form: noun time₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something