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Results for: "time"

Translating from English to Corsican

Translations:

time — inevitable passing of events
→ tempu m
time — instance or occurrence
→ volta f
time — quantity of availability in time
→ tempu m

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (10)

1. an instance or single occasion for some event;
- Example: "this time he succeeded"
- Example: "he called four times"
- Example: "he could do ten at a clip"
[syn: time, clip]

2. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something;
- Example: "take time to smell the roses"
- Example: "I didn't have time to finish"
- Example: "it took more than half my time"

3. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities);
- Example: "he waited a long time"
- Example: "the time of year for planting"
- Example: "he was a great actor in his time"

4. a suitable moment;
- Example: "it is time to go"

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

6. a person's experience on a particular occasion;
- Example: "he had a time holding back the tears"
- Example: "they had a good time together"

7. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock;
- Example: "do you know what time it is?"
- Example: "the time is 10 o'clock"
[syn: clock time, time]

8. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event;
[syn: fourth dimension, time]

9. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration;
[syn: meter, metre, time]

10. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;
- Example: "he served a prison term of 15 months"
- Example: "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"
- Example: "he is doing time in the county jail"
[syn: prison term, sentence, time]


VERB (5)

1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time;
- Example: "he clocked the runners"
[syn: clock, time]

2. assign a time for an activity or event;
- Example: "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

3. set the speed, duration, or execution of;
- Example: "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

4. regulate or set the time of;
- Example: "time the clock"

5. adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time;
- Example: "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"