time

a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

“do you know what time it is?”

a person's experience on a particular occasion

“he had a time holding back the tears”

assign a time for an activity or event

“The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene”

a suitable moment

“it is time to go”

regulate or set the time of

“time the clock”

set the speed, duration, or execution of

“we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely”

the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

“he waited for along time”

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

an instance or single occasion for some event

“this time he succeeded”

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

“he is doing time in the county jail”

measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time