at times

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [at tahymz]
- /æt taɪmz/
- /ət taɪmz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [at tahymz]
- /æt taɪmz/

Definitions of at times words

phrase at times You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments. 3
noun at times sometimes 3
noun at times occasionally; sometimes 3
noun at times the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 1
noun at times duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration. 1
noun at times (sometimes initial capital letter) a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: mean time; apparent time; Greenwich Time. 1

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Origin of at times

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1

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Parts of speech for At times

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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at times popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for at times

adv at times

from time to time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
occasionally — at times; from time to time; now and then.
once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
now and again — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
on occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.

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