time
     n 1: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he
          succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at
          a clip" [syn: {clip}]
     2: 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"
     3: 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"
     4: a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
     5: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the
        future through the present to the past
     6: the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it
        is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" [syn: {clock time}]
     7: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three
        spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event [syn: {fourth
        dimension}]
     8: a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a
        time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time
        together"
     9: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time [syn: {meter},
         {metre}]
     10: 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" [syn: {prison
         term}, {sentence}]
     v 1: 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" [syn: {clock}]
     2: assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate
        carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
     3: set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the
        process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
     4: regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
     5: 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"
Source: WordNet® 2.0