time

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q11471}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[inevitable]] [[progression]] into the [[future]] with the passing of [[present]] and [[past]] events.
2. A [[duration]] of time.
3. An [[instant]] of time.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} The [[measurement]] under some [[system]] of [[region]] of [[day]] or [[moment]].
5. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[ratio]] of [[comparison]] (''see also usage notes and prepositional sense at '[[times]]''').
6. {{lb|en|music|uncountable}} The [[measured]] [[duration]] of [[sound]]s.
7. {{lb|en|grammar|obsolete}} {{syn of|en|tense}}
8. {{lb|en|slang|MLE}} {{clipping of|en|[[a]] [[long]] [[time]]}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[measure]] or [[record]] the time, [[duration]], or rate of something.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[choose]] when something [[commence]]s or its [[duration]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[keep]] or [[beat]] time; to [[proceed]] or [[move]] in time.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To pass time; to [[delay]].
5. To [[regulate]] as to time; to [[accompany]], or [[agree with]], in time of [[movement]].
6. To [[measure]], as in [[music]] or [[harmony]].

Interjection

1. {{lb|en|tennis}} {{ng|Reminder by the [[umpire]] for the players to continue playing after their pause.}}
2. The umpire's call in [[prizefight]]s, etc.
3. A call by a [[bartender]] to warn [[patron]]s that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Preposition

1. {{lb|en|US|dated}} [[by the time]]; [[once]].

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