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).
Learn Time in Context
Explore more
Practice Time
Read, listen, and practise using “Time” in fun stories and activities.
