time

time is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

tie - time - to

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) (Canada) enPR: tīm, IPA ^(key): /taɪm/ or [tʰaɪm]
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /tɑem/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: thyme

Noun

Singular time

Plural times

1. (uncountable) Time is what we measure with a clock.

   "What time do you finish work?" "At four o'clock (4:00)."

   I don't have time to talk to you right now. Can we do it later?

2. (countable) If you do something one time, you do it once.

Related words

• times
• in time

Verb

Plain form time

Third-person singular times

Past tense timed

Past participle timed

Present participle timing

1. (transitive) If you time something, you measure how long it takes in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.

   Take out your watch and time yourself during the test.