slow
someday
yestermorrow
approach
coming
deep
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postdate
follow
about time
come near
near
longitudinally
in time
ripe
anterior
advanced
prior
posteriority
catch
subsequentness
time-travel
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subsequence
late
make
soonish
precedence
antecedency
anteriority
antecedence
precedency
priority
temporalize
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intermomentary
a week from next Tuesday
olden
mañana
forego
antecede
antedate
nigh
forgo
close
precede
predate
timeward
up
pastward
upward
upwards
manana
pastwards
passage
prolong
horo-
⠐⠞
chrono-
chronology
away
long
long ago
posteriormost
flash back
posthodiernal
cut back
chronoclasm
come up
before
prehistory
earlier
farther
fullness of time
time out of mind
time immemorial
time before time
instant
long since
second
minute
come down
far-off
slight
lang syne
langsyne
faraway
moment
drekly
grandfather paradox
whenceforward
supratemporal
slow
deep
ripe
anterior
advanced
prior
near
intermomentary
olden
nigh
close
pastward
long
posteriormost
posthodiernal
farther
far-off
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faraway
supratemporal
someday
about time
longitudinally
deep
late
soonish
mañana
timeward
up
pastward
upward
upwards
pastwards
away
long ago
before
earlier
long since
lang syne
langsyne
drekly
whenceforward
yestermorrow
approach
coming
approaching
posteriority
subsequentness
yore
subsequence
precedence
antecedency
anteriority
antecedence
precedency
priority
manana
passage
chronology
chronoclasm
prehistory
fullness of time
time out of mind
time immemorial
time before time
instant
second
minute
moment
grandfather paradox
postdate
follow
approach
come near
catch
time-travel
make
temporalize
forego
antecede
antedate
forgo
precede
predate
prolong
flash back
cut back
come up
come down
adj
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not busy; lacking activity.
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
noun
adv
verb
noun
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a way of entering or leaving
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- a close approximation
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
verb
adj
- very distant in time or space
- marked by depth of thinking
- intense or extreme
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- strong; intense
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- extending relatively far inward
- (of darkness) densely dark
- large in quantity or size
- with head or back bent low
- of an obscure nature
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
adv
adj
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
noun
verb
- be later in time
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- travel along a certain course
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- come after in time, as a result
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- be next
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- to bring something about at a later time than
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- be the successor (of)
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to be the product or result
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- adhere to or practice
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- keep under surveillance
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- grasp the meaning
- keep to
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
prep
adj
- Close in time.
- Physically close.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Approximate, almost.
- On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
verb
noun
adv
adj
- far along in time
- farther along in physical or mental development
- comparatively late in a course of development
- ahead of the times
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- situated ahead or going before
verb
- reach in time
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
noun
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
noun
noun
verb
- reach in time
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
noun
noun
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- close in relevance or relationship
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- marked by fidelity to an original
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- crowded
- lacking fresh air
- of textiles
- strictly confined or guarded
- confined to specific persons
- fitting closely but comfortably
- used of hair or haircuts
- giving or spending with reluctance
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
verb
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- become closed
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- come to a close
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- engage at close quarters
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- come together, as if in an embrace
- draw near
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- bar access to
- fill or stop up
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last section of a communication
- the concluding part of any performance
adv
adv
adv
- to a later time
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- nearer to the speaker
- to a more central or a more northerly place
adj
- out of bed
- getting higher or more vigorous
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
- open
- (used of computers) operating properly
- used up
verb
adj
noun
- The advance of time.
- An incident or episode.
- A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
- A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- The act of passing; movement across or through.
- Part of a path or journey.
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- A passageway or corridor.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- Serial passage.
- A strait or other narrow waterway.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- The vagina.
- The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
adj
verb
prefix
symbol
prefix
adv
- At a stated distance in time or space.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- From a place, hence.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
- Without restraint.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
- So as to remove or use up something.
- Come away; go away; take away.
verb
intj
adj
adj
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- Not short; tall.
- Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
- Seeming to last a lot of time, due to being boring or tedious or tiring.
- Having great duration.
- Passing or landing ahead of or beyond the intended target or location, as weapons fire or landing aircraft.
- Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
- Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
- Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
- Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
adv
noun
- An entity with a long position in an asset.
- A long-term investment.
- A long vowel.
- A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
- A long syllable.
verb
verb
noun
- An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.
- The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
- The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
- A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
verb
- To draw near in time.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- To come towards, to approach.
- To rise (above the horizon).
- To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- To appear (before a judge or court).
- To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
adj
adv
noun
noun
- a particular point in time
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- an indefinitely short time
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- following the first in an ordering or series
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a speech seconding a motion
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
verb
adv
adj
verb
adj
verb
- To be passed through time.
- To reach a decision.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen.
- To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion.
- To rain.
- To decrease.
- To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- To be demolished.
- To descend, fall down, collapse.
adj
- not far away in space or time
- still; with little or no movement on the surface
- Even, smooth or level
- of slender build
- gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful
- not thorough; superficial
- trifling; unimportant; insignificant
verb
- To act negligently or carelessly.
- To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- To give lesser weight or importance to.
- To throw heedlessly.
noun
noun
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- at this time
- having important effects or influence
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
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