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- [tahymz]
- /taɪmz/
- /taɪmz/
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- [tahymz]
- /taɪmz/
Definitions of times word
- preposition times multiplied by: Two times four is eight. 1
- noun 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 times duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration. 1
- noun times (sometimes initial capital letter) a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: mean time; apparent time; Greenwich Time. 1
- noun times a limited period or interval, as between two successive events: a long time. 1
- noun times a particular period considered as distinct from other periods: Youth is the best time of life. 1
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Origin of times
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at time ( def 21 )
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Parts of speech for Times
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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".
times usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for times
noun times
- aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- dowry — Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
verb times
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- clefs — Plural form of clef.
- clocks — Plural form of clock.
- comps — Plural form of comp.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
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