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    [Noun]  | "time" | \ ˈtīm \


    1: the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : duration

    2: a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future

    3: leisure


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English tīma; akin to Old Norse tīmi time, Old English tīd{mat|tide:3|};

    [Noun]  | "time and a half" 


    1: payment for work (such as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker's regular wage rate


    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Noun]  | "time bomb" 


    1: a bomb so made as to explode at a predetermined time

    2: something with a potentially dangerous or detrimental delayed reaction


    Origin: 1893 ;

    [Noun]  | "time capsule" 


    1: a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited (as in a cornerstone) for preservation until discovery by some future age

    2: something resembling a time capsule


    Origin: 1938 ;

    [Noun]  | "time card" 


    1: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day or on each job


    Origin: 1846 ;

    [Noun]  | "time chart" 


    1: a chart showing the standard times in various parts of the world with reference to a specified time at a specified place

    2: timeline


    Origin: circa 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "time clock" 


    1: a clock that stamps starting and quitting times on an employee's time card


    Origin: 1887 ;

    [Verb]  | "time" 


    1: to arrange or set the time of : schedule

    2: to regulate (a watch) to keep correct time

    3: to set the tempo, speed, or duration of


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "time" 


    1: of or relating to time

    2: recording time

    3: timed to ignite or explode at a specific moment


    Origin: 1708 ;

    [Adjective]  | "time-con*sum*ing" | \ ˈtīm-kən-ˈsü-miŋ \


    1: using or taking up a great deal of time

    2: wasteful of time


    Origin: 1633 ;

    [Noun]  | "time" 


    1: a particular point at which an event takes place;


      * e.g., " ... remember that one time you tried to wash the dog in the sink "



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    2: an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand;


      * e.g., " ... enjoys telling us about the times he had while he was in the army "



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    3: an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing;


      * e.g., " ... back in my parents' time, families usually had only one car "



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    [Noun]  | "time killer" 


    [Noun]  | "time and a half" 


    [Noun]  | "time clocks" 


    1: as in alarm clocks, atomic clocks;


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    [Noun]  | "time clock" 


    1: as in alarm clock, atomic clock;


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    [Adjective]  | "time-consuming" 


    1: as in nonautomatic, nonautomated;




     [ "time" ]

    1: From a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more of a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff.

      * e.g.,  ... The TARDIS travels through time and relative dimension in space. 

     [ "time" ]

    1: The most evil invention known to man, probably created by the devil himself. It flows at the rate the least convenient to you. When you're a child, it goes so slow you're dying in it. When you grow up, it goes so fast you start to fall apart. If you slip up, you can't turn it back. Time is the only currency that spends by itself and you can't regain.

      * e.g.,  ... "The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it..." -Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 

     [ "time" ]

    1: An invention by man to track reality's decay.

      * e.g.,  ... Only time can tell the destruction of humanity. 

     [ "time" ]

    1: An abstract concept used by carbon-based lifeforms to measure their own rate of decay.

      * e.g.,  ... Why do I need an example? It explains itself! 

     [ "time" ]

    1: n. what you spend in jail, a jail sentence

      * e.g.,  ...  I'll have sex with a 16 year old even if I get time for it 


     [ "time" ]

    2:  a very real thing based on the movement of matter in the universe. Units of time are measured in something defined axiomatically such as the speed of light and a defined length.

      * e.g.,  ...  It takes a certain amount of time for a photon to travel one foot, and under the same conditions it always takes that amount of time. 

     [ "time" ]

    1: The thing that no one ever seems to have enough of. An undefinable word

      * e.g.,  ... Derek: Man, I need more time to finish the song! Joseph: Dude you need better time managment. Its the one thing you need to value in life. 

     [ "time" ]

    1: A song released by Pink Floyd on their 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon.

      * e.g.,  ... I was listening to that song Time and got really relaxed. 

     [ "time" ]

    1: Moves at a speed of 1 second per second. Often moves at 2 minutes per second if you are in Indiana or Ohio, or when at school or band camp.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: Hey steve it's time for lunch break! 

     [ "time" ]

    1: Turns rock to sand,Kills kings, moves moutains,AND ABOVE ALL MAKES CHESSE YUMMY!

      * e.g.,  ... "givin a long enough time line the mortality rate for everyone  

     [ "time" ]

    1: Time is an absolute truth regardless of the state of existence so long as it is not the forever end. In the physical universe there need be motion of any kind for time to have something to be relative to. Time travel can not exist in the popular sense. One can travel forward in time while seemingly no time passes for the traveler, but this is an illusion caused by being in some kind of stasis. True travel back in time can not occur.

      * e.g.,  ... It took a long time before the big bang happened again. 


     [ "time" ]

    2: This is not to say that instantaneous or near-instantaneous travel is impossible, just that such theories may not come into conflict with time's law.

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