| period | | |
| n. (time) | 1. period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ fundamental measure, fundamental quantity | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement. |
| ~ test period, trial period | a period of time during which someone or something is tested. |
| ~ time frame | a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur.; "an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame" |
| ~ hours | an indefinite period of time.; "they talked for hours" |
| ~ downtime | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions). |
| ~ uptime | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use. |
| ~ work time | a time period when you are required to work. |
| ~ time off | a time period when you are not required to work.; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral" |
| ~ bout | a period of illness.; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" |
| ~ hospitalization | a period of time when you are confined to a hospital.; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization" |
| ~ travel time | a period of time spent traveling.; "workers were not paid for their travel time between home and factory" |
| ~ times | a more or less definite period of time now or previously present.; "it was a sign of the times" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ elapsed time | the time that elapses while some event is occurring. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the period of time during which something continues. |
| ~ calendar week, week | a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday. |
| ~ midweek | the middle of a week. |
| ~ field day | a time of unusual pleasure and success. |
| ~ life-time, lifespan, lifetime, life | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).; "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" |
| ~ life | the period between birth and the present time.; "I have known him all his life" |
| ~ life | the period from the present until death.; "he appointed himself emperor for life" |
| ~ millennium, millenary | a span of 1000 years. |
| ~ bimillenary, bimillennium | a span of 2000 years. |
| ~ occupation | the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.; "during the German occupation of Paris" |
| ~ past | a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).; "reporters dug into the candidate's past" |
| ~ shelf life | the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating. |
| ~ puerperium | time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved.; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium" |
| ~ lactation | the period following birth during which milk is secreted.; "lactation normally continues until weaning" |
| ~ time of life | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. |
| ~ calendar day, civil day | a day reckoned from midnight to midnight. |
| ~ festival | a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration. |
| ~ daylight, daytime, day | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" |
| ~ forenoon, morn, morning, morning time | the time period between dawn and noon.; "I spent the morning running errands" |
| ~ night, nighttime, dark | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. |
| ~ night | the time between sunset and midnight.; "he watched television every night" |
| ~ night | the period spent sleeping.; "I had a restless night" |
| ~ night | a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom. |
| ~ eve | the period immediately before something.; "on the eve of the French Revolution" |
| ~ evening | the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way.; "an evening at the opera" |
| ~ hebdomad, week | any period of seven consecutive days.; "it rained for a week" |
| ~ fortnight, two weeks | a period of fourteen consecutive days.; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight" |
| ~ weekend | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday. |
| ~ indian summer, saint martin's summer | a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn. |
| ~ year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" |
| ~ schooltime, school day, school | the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session.; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together" |
| ~ twelvemonth, year, yr | a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" |
| ~ year | a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity.; "a school year" |
| ~ semester | half a year; a period of 6 months. |
| ~ bimester | a period of 2 months. |
| ~ olympiad | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC. |
| ~ lustrum | a period of five years. |
| ~ decade, decennary, decennium | a period of 10 years. |
| ~ century | a period of 100 years. |
| ~ quadrennium | a period of four years. |
| ~ quinquennium | a period of five years. |
| ~ half-century | a period of 50 years. |
| ~ quarter-century | a period of 25 years. |
| ~ quarter | a fourth part of a year; three months.; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" |
| ~ phase of the moon | a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance. |
| ~ day | the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis.; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" |
| ~ calendar month, month | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.; "he paid the bill last month" |
| ~ mid-january | the middle part of January. |
| ~ mid-february | the middle part of February. |
| ~ mid-march | the middle part of March. |
| ~ mid-april | the middle part of April. |
| ~ mid-may | the middle part of May. |
| ~ mid-june | the middle part of June. |
| ~ mid-july | the middle part of July. |
| ~ mid-august | the middle part of August. |
| ~ mid-september | the middle part of September. |
| ~ mid-october | the middle part of October. |
| ~ mid-november | the middle part of November. |
| ~ mid-december | the middle part of December. |
| ~ time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed. |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ trimester | a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided. |
| ~ hour | a special and memorable period.; "it was their finest hour" |
| ~ silly season | a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news. |
| ~ golden age | (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period. |
| ~ silver age | (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age. |
| ~ bronze age | (classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence. |
| ~ bronze age | (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons. |
| ~ iron age | (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world. |
| ~ iron age | (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons. |
| ~ stone age | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements. |
| ~ eolithic, eolithic age | the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture. |
| ~ palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age | second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC. |
| ~ lower paleolithic | the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago. |
| ~ middle paleolithic | the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC. |
| ~ upper paleolithic | the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC. |
| ~ epipaleolithic, mesolithic, mesolithic age | middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago. |
| ~ neolithic, neolithic age, new stone age | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere). |
| ~ great year, platonic year | time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years. |
| ~ regulation time | (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game.; "the game was finished in regulation time" |
| ~ extra time, overtime | playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie. |
| ~ time of year, season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| ~ canicular days, canicule, dog days | the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity. |
| ~ midwinter | the middle of winter. |
| ~ season | a recurrent time marked by major holidays.; "it was the Christmas season" |
| ~ season | a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field.; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
| ~ long time, years, age | a prolonged period of time.; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" |
| ~ long run, long haul | a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out.; "in the long run we will win"; "in the long run we will all be dead"; "he performed well over the long haul" |
| ~ drouth, drought | a prolonged shortage.; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" |
| ~ epoch, era | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. |
| ~ generation | the normal time between successive generations.; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" |
| ~ prehistoric culture, prehistory | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word. |
| ~ reign | a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" |
| ~ run | the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation.; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run" |
| ~ early days, youth | an early period of development.; "during the youth of the project" |
| ~ dawn | an opening time period.; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ evening | a later concluding time period.; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ time | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" |
| ~ nap, sleep | a period of time spent sleeping.; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" |
| ~ term of a contract, lease | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. |
| ~ half-life, half life | the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate). |
| ~ lunar time period, tide | there are usually two high and two low tides each day. |
| ~ phase, stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events.; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" |
| ~ multistage | occurring in more than one stage. |
| ~ watch | the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty. |
| ~ peacetime | a period of time during which there is no war. |
| ~ wartime | a period of time during which there is armed conflict. |
| ~ duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, tour | a period of time spent in military service. |
| ~ honeymoon | the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political. |
| ~ indiction | a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms. |
| ~ prohibition era, prohibition | the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. |
| ~ incubation period | the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease. |
| ~ rainy day | a (future) time of financial need.; "I am saving for a rainy day" |
| ~ noviciate, novitiate | the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order). |
| ~ efflorescence, flush, heyday, blossom, peak, prime, flower, bloom | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity. |
| ~ running time | the length of time that a movie or tv show runs. |
| ~ clotting time | the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot; used to diagnose some clotting disorders. |
| ~ air alert | the time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attack. |
| ~ great schism | the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon. |
| ~ question time | a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers. |
| ~ real time | (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur. |
| ~ real time | the actual time that it takes a process to occur.; "information is updated in real time" |
| ~ study hall | a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study. |
| ~ usance | the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange). |
| ~ window | the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something.; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded" |
| n. (time) | 2. period | the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon. |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ orbit period | the time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body.; "the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite" |
| n. (time) | 3. period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games. |
| ~ hockey game, ice hockey, hockey | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (time) | 4. geological period, period | a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ age of man, quaternary, quaternary period | last 2 million years. |
| ~ tertiary, tertiary period | from 63 million to 2 million years ago. |
| ~ cretaceous, cretaceous period | from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants. |
| ~ jurassic, jurassic period | from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers. |
| ~ triassic, triassic period | from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity. |
| ~ permian, permian period | from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles. |
| ~ carboniferous, carboniferous period | from 345 million to 280 million years ago. |
| ~ pennsylvanian, pennsylvanian period, upper carboniferous, upper carboniferous period | from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land. |
| ~ lower carboniferous, lower carboniferous period, missippian period, mississippian | from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects. |
| ~ age of fishes, devonian, devonian period | from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites. |
| ~ silurian, silurian period | from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals. |
| ~ ordovician, ordovician period | from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds. |
| ~ cambrian, cambrian period | from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates. |
| ~ geological era, era | a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. |
| ~ epoch | a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages. |
| ~ glacial epoch, glacial period, ice age | any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface.; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" |
| n. (time) | 5. period | the end or completion of something.; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" |
| ~ figure of speech, trope, image, figure | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| n. (process) | 6. catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females" |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged. |
| ~ oligomenorrhea | abnormally light or infrequent menstruation. |
| n. (communication) | 7. full point, full stop, period, point, stop | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.; "in England they call a period a stop" |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| ~ suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete. |
| season | | |
| n. (time) | 1. season | a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field.; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ growing season | the season during which a crop grows best. |
| ~ seedtime | the time during which seeds should be planted. |
| ~ sheepshearing | the time or season when sheep are sheared. |
| ~ holiday season | a time when many people take holidays. |
| ~ high season, peak season | the season when travel is most active and rates are highest.; "they traveled to Europe in high season" |
| ~ off-season | the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest. |
| ~ preseason | a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation. |
| ~ baseball season | the season when baseball is played. |
| ~ basketball season | the season when basketball is played. |
| ~ exhibition season | the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games. |
| ~ fishing season | the season during which it is legal to catch fish. |
| ~ football season | the season when football is played. |
| ~ hockey season | the season when hockey is played. |
| ~ hunting season | the season during which it is legal to kill a particular species. |
| ~ social season | the season for major social events. |
| ~ theatrical season | the season when new plays are produced. |
| ~ whitsun, whitsuntide, whitweek | Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days). |
| n. (time) | 2. season, time of year | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| ~ harvest time, harvest | the season for gathering crops. |
| ~ haying time, haying | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" |
| ~ autumn, fall | the season when the leaves fall from the trees.; "in the fall of 1973" |
| ~ spring, springtime | the season of growth.; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" |
| ~ summer, summertime | the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" |
| ~ winter, wintertime | the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox. |
| ~ rainy season | one of the two seasons in tropical climates. |
| ~ dry season | one of the two seasons in tropical climates. |
| n. (time) | 3. season | a recurrent time marked by major holidays.; "it was the Christmas season" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ michaelmastide | the season of Michaelmas. |
| ~ lammastide | the season of Lammas. |
| ~ eastertide | the Easter season. |
| ~ twelfthtide | the season of Epiphany. |
| ~ allhallowtide | the season of All Saints' Day. |
| ~ christmas, christmastide, christmastime, noel, yule, yuletide | period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6. |
| ~ advent | the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas. |
| ~ shrovetide | immediately preceding Lent. |
| ~ lent, lententide | a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. |
| v. (perception) | 4. flavor, flavour, season | lend flavor to.; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ sauce | dress (food) with a relish. |
| ~ curry | season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking. |
| ~ resinate | impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to.; "Greek wines are often resinated" |
| ~ spice up, zest, spice | add herbs or spices to. |
| ~ savour, savor | give taste to. |
| ~ savour, taste, savor | have flavor; taste of something. |
| ~ salt | add salt to. |
| v. (change) | 5. harden, season | make fit.; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" |
| ~ toughen | make tough or tougher.; "This experience will toughen her" |
| v. (change) | 6. mollify, season, temper | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.; "she tempered her criticism" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| time | | |
| n. (event) | 1. clip, time | an instance or single occasion for some event.; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
| ~ case, instance, example | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| n. (time) | 2. time | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| n. (time) | 3. time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ day | some point or period in time.; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" |
| ~ dead | a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense.; "the dead of winter" |
| ~ hard times | a time of difficulty. |
| ~ incarnation | time passed in a particular bodily form.; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" |
| ~ wee | a short time.; "bide a wee" |
| ~ while, spell, patch, piece | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" |
| ~ mo, minute, moment, second, bit | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| ~ ephemera | something transitory; lasting a day. |
| ~ space age | the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present. |
| n. (time) | 4. time | a suitable moment.; "it is time to go" |
| ~ moment, instant, minute, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ high time | the latest possible moment.; "it is high time you went to work" |
| ~ occasion | the time of a particular event.; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" |
| n. (tops) | 5. time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past. |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ biological time | the time of various biological processes. |
| ~ cosmic time | the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe. |
| ~ civil time, local time, standard time | the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom. |
| ~ daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings | time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings. |
| ~ nowadays, present | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" |
| ~ past, past times, yesteryear | the time that has elapsed.; "forget the past" |
| ~ future, futurity, time to come, hereafter | the time yet to come. |
| ~ musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm. |
| ~ continuum | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. |
| ~ gmt, greenwich mean time, greenwich time, universal time, ut, ut1 | the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the property of enduring or continuing in time. |
| ~ eternity, infinity | time without end. |
| n. (event) | 6. time | a person's experience on a particular occasion.; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" |
| ~ experience | an event as apprehended.; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
| n. (time) | 7. clock time, time | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock.; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" |
| ~ meter reading, reading, indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument.; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" |
| ~ sclk, spacecraft clock time | the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft. |
| ~ prime time | the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available. |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (time) | 8. fourth dimension, time | the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event. |
| ~ dimension | the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height). |
| n. (attribute) | 9. meter, metre, time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration. |
| ~ rhythmicity | the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music. |
| n. (time) | 10. prison term, sentence, time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned.; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ hard time | a term served in a maximum security prison. |
| ~ life sentence, life | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives.; "he got life for killing the guard" |
| v. (change) | 11. clock, time | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.; "he clocked the runners" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| ~ mistime | time incorrectly.; "She mistimed the marathon runner" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. time | assign a time for an activity or event.; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene" |
| ~ schedule | plan for an activity or event.; "I've scheduled a concert next week" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. time | set the speed, duration, or execution of.; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| v. (change) | 14. time | regulate or set the time of.; "time the clock" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| v. (change) | 15. time | adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| weather | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" |
| ~ meteorology | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). |
| ~ atmospheric phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere. |
| ~ cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather. |
| ~ fair weather, temperateness, sunshine | moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities. |
| ~ hot weather | a period of unusually high temperatures. |
| ~ thaw, thawing, warming | warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt.; "they welcomed the spring thaw" |
| ~ downfall, precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist). |
| ~ wave | a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).; "a heat wave" |
| ~ elements | violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).; "they felt the full fury of the elements" |
| ~ air current, current of air, wind | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
| ~ atmospheric state, atmosphere | the weather or climate at some place.; "the atmosphere was thick with fog" |
| ~ good weather | weather suitable for outdoor activities. |
| ~ bad weather, inclemency, inclementness | weather unsuitable for outdoor activities. |
| v. (stative) | 2. brave, brave out, endure, weather | face and withstand with courage.; "She braved the elements" |
| ~ defy, withstand, hold up, hold | resist or confront with resistance.; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" |
| v. (motion) | 3. weather | cause to slope. |
| ~ lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| v. (motion) | 4. weather | sail to the windward of. |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ sail | travel on water propelled by wind.; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" |
| v. (change) | 5. weather | change under the action or influence of the weather.; "A weathered old hut" |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| adj. | 6. upwind, weather | towards the side exposed to wind. |
| ~ windward | on the side exposed to the wind.; "the windward islands" |
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