elapsed time
time frame
timing
past
past times
yesteryear
occasion
absence
when
intermission
pause
break
interruption
suspension
duration
continuance
lapse
meanwhile
horo-
chrono-
⠐⠞
spacing
latent period
antecedence
the past
timestep
reaction time
response time
cycle
latency
clocktime
life
postconvalescence
time
metatime
stage
phase
TV timeout
timer
temporal order
synchronic
be
metachronous
timespan
eve
temporal arrangement
temporo-
death
time lag
-iad
chronology
top of the hour
time recorder
dying
demise
whenabout
wakespan
midtime
first
offset
coinstantaneousness
keep time
subsecond
clockable
beginning
starting time
showtime
outset
start
commencement
get-go
kickoff
Earth-received time
midmotion
hold
delay
coincidence
concurrence
co-occurrence
ERT
postponement
subsequence
posteriority
wait
conjunction
subsequentness
end
stopwatch
on the half hour
hour
time of day
synchronic
metachronous
subsecond
clockable
meanwhile
whenabout
elapsed time
time frame
timing
past
past times
yesteryear
occasion
absence
when
intermission
pause
break
interruption
suspension
duration
continuance
lapse
spacing
latent period
antecedence
the past
timestep
reaction time
response time
cycle
latency
clocktime
life
postconvalescence
meanwhile
time
metatime
stage
phase
TV timeout
timer
temporal order
timespan
eve
temporal arrangement
death
time lag
chronology
top of the hour
time recorder
dying
demise
whenabout
wakespan
midtime
first
offset
coinstantaneousness
beginning
starting time
showtime
outset
start
commencement
get-go
kickoff
Earth-received time
midmotion
hold
delay
coincidence
concurrence
co-occurrence
ERT
postponement
subsequence
posteriority
wait
conjunction
subsequentness
end
stopwatch
hour
time of day
be
keep time
time
noun
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away
- the state of being absent
- failure to be present
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
noun
adv
- At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
- A circumstance or situation in which.
- The time at, on or during which.
- At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
conj
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
- At what time; at which time.
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
- Since; given the fact that; considering that.
- Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
pron
intj
noun
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
noun
- An interval of time between events.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A fall or apostasy.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- memory lapse
verb
prefix
prefix
symbol
noun
- The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.
- That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).
- The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.
- The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
- A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.
noun
noun
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- A chain whose boundary is zero.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- A discharge of a taser.
- A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- An age; a long period of time.
verb
- To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
noun
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- An opportunity for existence.
- A worthwhile existence.
- The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- The most lively component or participant.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- A biography.
- One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Social life.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- The life insurance industry.
- A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- Existence.
- A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
verb
noun
- How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- The hour of childbirth.
- A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- An instance or occurrence.
- A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- A quantity of availability of duration.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- The serving of a prison sentence.
- An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- Ratio of comparison.
- The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
- Closing time.
- Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- An experience.
- Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
verb
- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
- To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
intj
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
- the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
verb
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
- (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)
verb
verb
- Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- Used to express future action as well as what is due to, intended to, or should happen.
- Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to form the continuous aspect.
- To occupy a place.
- Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
- To exist.
- Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
- Used to indicate the time of day.
- Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- To exist or behave in a certain way.
- Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- Used to form the passive voice.
- Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs; this was more common in archaic use, especially with verbs indicating motion. "He is finished", and "He is gone" are common, but "He is come" is archaic.
- Used to indicate that the subject is an instance of the predicate nominal.
- To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
noun
noun
noun
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
adv
- before anything else
- the initial time
- before another in time, space, or importance
- prominently forward
adj
adj
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a compensating equivalent
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
verb
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- time during which some action is awaited
- the act of grasping
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
verb
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- organize or be responsible for
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- contain or hold; have within
- have room for; hold without crowding
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be valid, applicable, or true
- assert or affirm
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- protect against a challenge or attack
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- hold the attention of
- remain committed to
- resist or confront with resistance
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- stop dealing with
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- keep from departing
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- aim, point, or direct
- declare to be
- be in accord; be in agreement
- keep from exhaling or expelling
noun
- the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
- the state of being joined together
- an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
- something that joins or connects
noun
noun
- the point in time at which something ends
- either extremity of something that has length
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
noun
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