| 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" |
| era | | |
| n. (time) | 1. epoch, era | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ caliphate | the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community.; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate" |
| ~ christian era, common era | the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth. |
| ~ day | an era of existence or influence.; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" |
| ~ historic period, age | an era of history having some distinctive feature.; "we live in a litigious age" |
| ~ modern era | the present or recent times. |
| n. (time) | 2. era, geological era | a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ age of mammals, cenozoic, cenozoic era | approximately the last 63 million years. |
| ~ age of reptiles, mesozoic, mesozoic era | from 230 million to 63 million years ago. |
| ~ paleozoic, paleozoic era | from 544 million to about 230 million years ago. |
| ~ eon, aeon | the longest division of geological time. |
| ~ geological period, period | a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" |
| n. (communication) | 3. earned run average, era | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ criterion, standard, touchstone, measure | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" |
| 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" |
| 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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