time

Definitions

1. noun

   The way days, years and events pass from the past to the future.

   Examples

   • Time stops for nobody.
   • Time changes everything.
2. noun

   An amount of time that you have to do something.

   Examples

   • More time is needed to finish the project.
   • You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
3. noun

   A measure of how long something takes.

   Examples

   • It took a long time to get here.
   • Write down the time for each runner.
4. noun

   How fast or slow time feels to a person.

   Examples

   • Time flies when you're having fun.
   • Time seemed to slow down during the accident.
5. noun

   A period in history.

   Examples

   • People lived differently in Roman times.
   • This was the time of the dinosaurs.
6. noun

   An experience of an event.

   Examples

   • We had a wonderful time at the party.
   • They had a rough time during the storm.
7. noun

   The period that a person spends in prison.

   Examples

   • He is not living at home because he is doing time.
   • She served her time and was released.
8. noun

   What allows things to change from one state to another.

   Examples

   • Time is simply the thing that lets the system change.
   • Without time, nothing could ever change.
9. noun

   The fourth dimension, along with the three dimensions of space.

   Examples

   • Writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
   • Time is a dimension just like length and width.
10. noun

    The change that comes with more disorder in the universe, in science.

    Examples

    • Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
    • Scientists link the flow of time to increasing disorder.