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Time

(n) /taɪm/
Time

Meaning

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Pronunciation

UK taɪm

US taɪm

Example Sentences

  • To put things into perspective, [let's] take a step back in time!
  • If one of these elusive pineapples were to go up for auction or sale, due to the rarity, ancient technique, time spent growing, and manual labor, these pineapples are worth $16,000!
  • For a long time, London was a small city.
  • This enterprise soon took off, and over time it evolved into the Airbnb we have today, with a little cheeky nod to its birth all those years ago, still in its name.
  • Beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthermost planet), it takes a long time to leave the Solar System.
  • People have been interested in building machines to do work for us for a long time.
  • But it takes time and money to build just one machine, so early ideas were not built.
  • Because it takes a long time to send a radio signal from Earth to another planet, the robots do much of their work alone, without commands from Earth.
  • Nobody knows when yogurt was discovered, its origins have been lost in the mists of time.
  • Milk and cream, plus sugar and flavorings are cooked together for a brief period of time, and then added to a thickening agent (most often gelatin).

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