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Meaning time meaning
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Synonyms time synonyms
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Topics time topics
What do people use time to talk about?
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What words refer to the right time to do something?
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What words describe something happening at the right time?
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What words refer to the wrong time to do something?
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What words describe something happening at the wrong time?
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What general words refer to time?
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What words indicate that something is happening at some time?
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What words indicate that something happens on time?
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What words indicate that something happens before it is too late?
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What pronouns express indefinite reference of a time?
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What words refer to a time of the day?
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What words refer to the time when you go to sleep?
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What words refer to the time when you wake up?
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What words indicate that something happens for a long time?
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What do people say when they want someone to do something for a long time?
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What words refer to telling time?
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What words refer to planning the time of an event?
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What words refer to the time of an event?
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What words refer to time when you don't have to work?
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What words refer to time when you don't have to work?
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What words refer to how people relate to time?
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What words describe the sounds of music?
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What are the parts of a sports events?
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What is the leader of a team called?
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What is the person called who enforces the rules?
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What words indicate the number of times something has happened? ("He fell down three times.")
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What words describe something that has happened a particular number of times?
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What words refer to measuring something?
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What general words refer to the tense of an event?
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What words refer to a time when someone rests?
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What words refer to feeling happy when you are doing something?
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What words refer to the time it takes to answer?
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What words indicate that something is done in groups of a certain number?
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What words indicate that something happens for a short time?
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What words indicate that something happens for a very short time?
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What words indicate that two things happen at the same time?
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What words indicate that something happens at the same time as something else?
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What words describe something that is very old?
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What words describe something that is old and good?
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What words describe something that has been used and is no longer new?
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What words indicate that an event happens again?
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What words refer to going to someone's place to see them?
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What words refer to the event of visiting someone?
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What words refer to suffering?
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What words refer to causing someone to suffer?
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What words refer to a person who works for only part of a day, or for the whole day?
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What words indicate that something happens or is done one time?
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What words refer to two?
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What words indicate that something happens or is done two times?
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What words refer to all times?
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What words refer to an amount being the largest it has ever been?
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What words refer to an amount being the smallest it has ever been?
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What words describe something that is convenient?
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What words describe something that is not convenient?
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What words indicate that something happens early?
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What words indicate that something happens late?
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What do people say to someone who is late?
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What words indicate that something started in the past and continued until now?
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What words indicate that something starts to happen now and will continue?
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What words indicate that a situation exists now?
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What words indicate that someone does something immediately?
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What words indicate that something happened immediately?
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What words indicate that an event happens sometimes?
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What words indicate that something happens or a situation exists all the time?
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What words indicate that a situation exists during a time period?
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What words refer to doing something slowly?
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What do you say to someone when you want him to do something slowly?
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What words indicate that something will certainly happen?
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What words refer to a part of the world?
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What words refer to the time of bleeding?
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What words refer to no longer being a virgin?
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What words refer to sex with a person you are not married to?
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What words refer to the time periods of a person's life?
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What words refer to disliking something?don't like dislike (v) take a disliking to take an instant dislike to have a healthy dislike for not be fond of not keen on not be crazy about not think much of not be someone's cup of tea not be to your taste not be to your liking not be your thing not be your type have no time for not take kindly to don't care for look down on turn up your nose at be unhappy with hold in disfavor feel unfavorable toward be displeased with
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What words refer to speaking too long?
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What words refer to someone talking at the same time as someone else?
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What words describe how a person plays music?
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What words describe whether or not people are singing the same thing together?
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What are the parts of a game?
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What words refer to life going well?
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What words refer to being lucky on a particular occasion?
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What words refer to a religious ceremony?
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What words are used of the time when you go to sleep?
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What do people say to wake someone up?
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What words refer to the time of harvest?
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What words refer to running quickly?
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What words refer to moving quickly?move quickly hurry haste hasten rush forge ahead charge barrel along move like a bat out of hell make a beeline for boil bolt bustle move along at a good clip dart double-time fast fire flash flat-out fling flit fly gallop move like greased lightning be really hopping kick lickety-split plunge in quick race rapid rapidly rapidity run rush sail scour scud shoot move like sixty skim snappily speed stampede streak sweep swift swiftly swing tear apace tilt vroom whiz wildfire zip zoom at full speed at top speed express make tracks burn up the track
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What words refer to waiting?
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What words refer to no time?
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What words indicate that something happens or someone does something more than anything else?
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What words indicate that something happens at an approximate time?
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What words refer to having enough of something to do what you want?
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What words refer to a situation in which someone needs something?
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What words refer to something being unsuitable for a particular purpose or situation?
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What general words refer to a period of time?
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What words are used to indicate that an event or state that will continue forever?
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What words indicate that something happens or is done for the first time?
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What words refer to doing something before someone else does it?
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What words refer to deliberately delaying someone in order to accomplish something?
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What words refer to the end of something?
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What words refer to the past?
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What words indicate that an event happened a short time ago?
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What words are used to refer to the future?
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What words indicate that an event has not happened yet?
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What words indicate that something eventually happened?
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What words describe a new idea or way of doing something?
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What words describe a modern machine or system?
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What words describe something that is old fashioned but people still like it?
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What words indicate that an event has happened once?
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What words indicate that when one thing happens something else always happens?
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What words indicate that something that never happens?
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What words indicate that something is done one part at a time?
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What words indicate that an opinion is different than the opinion you have just given?
Conjugation time conjugation
How do you conjugate time?
time · verb
Present I time
Positive I time
Singular
1st person I time
2nd person you time
3rd person he/she/it times
Plural
1st person we time
2nd person you time
3rd person they time
Negative I don't time
Singular
1st person I don't time I do not time
2nd person you don't time you do not time
3rd person he/she/it doesn't time he/she/it does not time
Plural
1st person we don't time we do not time
2nd person you don't time you do not time
3rd person they don't time they do not time
Question do I time?
Singular
1st person do I time?
2nd person do you time?
3rd person does he/she/it time?
Plural
1st person do we time?
2nd person do you time?
3rd person do they time?
Negative question don't I time?
Singular
1st person don't I time? do I not time?
2nd person don't you time? do you not time?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it time? does he/she/it not time?
Plural
1st person don't we time? do we not time?
2nd person don't you time? do you not time?
3rd person don't they time? do they not time?
Past I timed
Positive I timed
Singular
1st person I timed
2nd person you timed
3rd person he/she/it timed
Plural
1st person we timed
2nd person you timed
3rd person they timed
Negative I didn't time
Singular
1st person I didn't time I did not time
2nd person you didn't time you did not time
3rd person he/she/it didn't time he/she/it did not time
Plural
1st person we didn't time we did not time
2nd person you didn't time you did not time
3rd person they didn't time they did not time
Question did I time?
Singular
1st person did I time?
2nd person did you time?
3rd person did he/she/it time?
Plural
1st person did we time?
2nd person did you time?
3rd person did they time?
Negative question didn't I time?
Singular
1st person didn't I time? did I not time?
2nd person didn't you time? did you not time?
3rd person didn't he/she/it time? did he/she/it not time?
Plural
1st person didn't we time? did we not time?
2nd person didn't you time? did you not time?
3rd person didn't they time? did they not time?
Future I'll time
Positive I'll time
Singular
1st person I'll time I will time
2nd person you'll time you will time
3rd person he/she/it'll time he/she/it will time
Plural
1st person we'll time we will time
2nd person you'll time you will time
3rd person they'll time they will time
Negative I won't time
Singular
1st person I won't time I will not time
2nd person you won't time you will not time
3rd person he/she/it won't time he/she/it will not time
Plural
1st person we won't time we will not time
2nd person you won't time you will not time
3rd person they won't time they will not time
Question will I time?
Singular
1st person will I time?
2nd person will you time?
3rd person will he/she/it time?
Plural
1st person will we time?
2nd person will you time?
3rd person will they time?
Negative question won't I time?
Singular
1st person won't I time? will I not time?
2nd person won't you time? will you not time?
3rd person won't he/she/it time? will he/she/it not time?
Plural
1st person won't we time? will we not time?
2nd person won't you time? will you not time?
3rd person won't they time? will they not time?
Conditional I'd time
Positive I'd time
Singular
1st person I'd time I would time
2nd person you'd time you would time
3rd person he/she/it'd time he/she/it would time
Plural
1st person we'd time we would time
2nd person you'd time you would time
3rd person they'd time they would time
Negative I wouldn't time
Singular
1st person I wouldn't time I would not time
2nd person you wouldn't time you would not time
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't time he/she/it would not time
Plural
1st person we wouldn't time we would not time
2nd person you wouldn't time you would not time
3rd person they wouldn't time they would not time
Question would I time?
Singular
1st person would I time?
2nd person would you time?
3rd person would he/she/it time?
Plural
1st person would we time?
2nd person would you time?
3rd person would they time?
Negative question wouldn't I time?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I time? would I not time?
2nd person wouldn't you time? would you not time?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it time? would he/she/it not time?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we time? would we not time?
2nd person wouldn't you time? would you not time?
3rd person wouldn't they time? would they not time?
Present continuous I'm timing
Positive I'm timing
Singular
1st person I'm timing I am timing
2nd person you're timing you are timing
3rd person he/she/it's timing he/she/it is timing
Plural
1st person we're timing we are timing
2nd person you're timing you are timing
3rd person they're timing they are timing
Negative I'm not timing
Singular
1st person I'm not timing I am not timing
2nd person you aren't timing you're not timing you are not timing
3rd person he/she/it isn't timing he/she/it's not timing he/she/it is not timing
Plural
1st person we aren't timing we're not timing we are not timing
2nd person you aren't timing you're not timing you are not timing
3rd person they aren't timing they're not timing they are not timing
Question am I timing?
Singular
1st person am I timing?
2nd person are you timing?
3rd person is he/she/it timing?
Plural
1st person are we timing?
2nd person are you timing?
3rd person are they timing?
Negative question aren't I timing?
Singular
1st person aren't I timing? am I not timing?
2nd person aren't you timing? are you not timing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it timing? is he/she/it not timing?
Plural
1st person aren't we timing? are we not timing?
2nd person aren't you timing? are you not timing?
3rd person aren't they timing? are they not timing?
Past continuous I was timing
Positive I was timing
Singular
1st person I was timing
2nd person you were timing
3rd person he/she/it was timing
Plural
1st person we were timing
2nd person you were timing
3rd person they were timing
Negative I wasn't timing
Singular
1st person I wasn't timing I was not timing
2nd person you weren't timing you were not timing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't timing he/she/it was not timing
Plural
1st person we weren't timing we were not timing
2nd person you weren't timing you were not timing
3rd person they weren't timing they were not timing
Question was I timing?
Singular
1st person was I timing?
2nd person were you timing?
3rd person was he/she/it timing?
Plural
1st person were we timing?
2nd person were you timing?
3rd person were they timing?
Negative question wasn't I timing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I timing? was I not timing?
2nd person weren't you timing? were you not timing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it timing? was he/she/it not timing?
Plural
1st person weren't we timing? were we not timing?
2nd person weren't you timing? were you not timing?
3rd person weren't they timing? were they not timing?
Future continuous I'll be timing
Positive I'll be timing
Singular
1st person I'll be timing I will be timing
2nd person you'll be timing you will be timing
3rd person he/she/it'll be timing he/she/it will be timing
Plural
1st person we'll be timing we will be timing
2nd person you'll be timing you will be timing
3rd person they'll be timing they will be timing
Negative I won't be timing
Singular
1st person I won't be timing I will not be timing
2nd person you won't be timing you will not be timing
3rd person he/she/it won't be timing he/she/it will not be timing
Plural
1st person we won't be timing we will not be timing
2nd person you won't be timing you will not be timing
3rd person they won't be timing they will not be timing
Question will I be timing?
Singular
1st person will I be timing?
2nd person will you be timing?
3rd person will he/she/it be timing?
Plural
1st person will we be timing?
2nd person will you be timing?
3rd person will they be timing?
Negative question won't I be timing?
Singular
1st person won't I be timing? will I not be timing?
2nd person won't you be timing? will you not be timing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be timing? will he/she/it not be timing?
Plural
1st person won't we be timing? will we not be timing?
2nd person won't you be timing? will you not be timing?
3rd person won't they be timing? will they not be timing?
Conditional continuous I'd be timing
Positive I'd be timing
Singular
1st person I'd be timing I would be timing
2nd person you'd be timing you would be timing
3rd person he/she/it'd be timing he/she/it would be timing
Plural
1st person we'd be timing we would be timing
2nd person you'd be timing you would be timing
3rd person they'd be timing they would be timing
Negative I wouldn't be timing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be timing I would not be timing
2nd person you wouldn't be timing you would not be timing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be timing he/she/it would not be timing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be timing we would not be timing
2nd person you wouldn't be timing you would not be timing
3rd person they wouldn't be timing they would not be timing
Question would I be timing?
Singular
1st person would I be timing?
2nd person would you be timing?
3rd person would he/she/it be timing?
Plural
1st person would we be timing?
2nd person would you be timing?
3rd person would they be timing?
Negative question wouldn't I be timing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be timing? would I not be timing?
2nd person wouldn't you be timing? would you not be timing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be timing? would he/she/it not be timing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be timing? would we not be timing?
2nd person wouldn't you be timing? would you not be timing?
3rd person wouldn't they be timing? would they not be timing?
Present perfect I've timed
Positive I've timed
Singular
1st person I've timed I have timed
2nd person you've timed you have timed
3rd person he/she/it's timed he/she/it has timed
Plural
1st person we've timed we have timed
2nd person you've timed you have timed
3rd person they've timed they have timed
Negative I haven't timed
Singular
1st person I haven't timed I have not timed
2nd person you haven't timed you have not timed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't timed he/she/it has not timed
Plural
1st person we haven't timed we have not timed
2nd person you haven't timed you have not timed
3rd person they haven't timed they have not timed
Question have I timed?
Singular
1st person have I timed?
2nd person have you timed?
3rd person has he/she/it timed?
Plural
1st person have we timed?
2nd person have you timed?
3rd person have they timed?
Negative question haven't I timed?
Singular
1st person haven't I timed? have I not timed?
2nd person haven't you timed? have you not timed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it timed? has he/she/it not timed?
Plural
1st person haven't we timed? have we not timed?
2nd person haven't you timed? have you not timed?
3rd person haven't they timed? have they not timed?
Past perfect I had timed
Positive I had timed
Singular
1st person I had timed
2nd person you had timed
3rd person he/she/it had timed
Plural
1st person we had timed
2nd person you had timed
3rd person they had timed
Negative I hadn't timed
Singular
1st person I hadn't timed I had not timed
2nd person you hadn't timed you had not timed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't timed he/she/it had not timed
Plural
1st person we hadn't timed we had not timed
2nd person you hadn't timed you had not timed
3rd person they hadn't timed they had not timed
Question had I timed?
Singular
1st person had I timed?
2nd person had you timed?
3rd person had he/she/it timed?
Plural
1st person had we timed?
2nd person had you timed?
3rd person had they timed?
Negative question hadn't I timed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I timed? had I not timed?
2nd person hadn't you timed? had you not timed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it timed? had he/she/it not timed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we timed? had we not timed?
2nd person hadn't you timed? had you not timed?
3rd person hadn't they timed? had they not timed?
Future perfect I'll have timed
Positive I'll have timed
Singular
1st person I'll have timed I will have timed
2nd person you'll have timed you will have timed
3rd person he/she/it'll have timed he/she/it will have timed
Plural
1st person we'll have timed we will have timed
2nd person you'll have timed you will have timed
3rd person they'll have timed they will have timed
Negative I won't have timed
Singular
1st person I won't have timed I will not have timed
2nd person you won't have timed you will not have timed
3rd person he/she/it won't have timed he/she/it will not have timed
Plural
1st person we won't have timed we will not have timed
2nd person you won't have timed you will not have timed
3rd person they won't have timed they will not have timed
Question +'ll I have timed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have timed? will I have timed?
2nd person +'ll you have timed? will you have timed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have timed? will he/she/it have timed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have timed? will we have timed?
2nd person +'ll you have timed? will you have timed?
3rd person +'ll they have timed? will they have timed?
Negative question won't I have timed?
Singular
1st person won't I have timed? will I not have timed?
2nd person won't you have timed? will you not have timed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have timed? will he/she/it not have timed?
Plural
1st person won't we have timed? will we not have timed?
2nd person won't you have timed? will you not have timed?
3rd person won't they have timed? will they not have timed?
Conditional perfect I'd have timed
Positive I'd have timed
Singular
1st person I'd have timed I would have timed
2nd person you'd have timed you would have timed
3rd person he/she/it'd have timed he/she/it would have timed
Plural
1st person we'd have timed we would have timed
2nd person you'd have timed you would have timed
3rd person they'd have timed they would have timed
Negative I wouldn't have timed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have timed I would not have timed
2nd person you wouldn't have timed you would not have timed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have timed he/she/it would not have timed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have timed we would not have timed
2nd person you wouldn't have timed you would not have timed
3rd person they wouldn't have timed they would not have timed
Question would I have timed?
Singular
1st person would I have timed?
2nd person would you have timed?
3rd person would he/she/it have timed?
Plural
1st person would we have timed?
2nd person would you have timed?
3rd person would they have timed?
Negative question wouldn't I have timed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have timed? would I not have timed?
2nd person wouldn't you have timed? would you not have timed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have timed? would he/she/it not have timed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have timed? would we not have timed?
2nd person wouldn't you have timed? would you not have timed?
3rd person wouldn't they have timed? would they not have timed?
Imperative time!
Positive
you time!
we let's time!
Negative
you don't time!
we let's not time!
Examples time examples
How do I use time in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I don't know if I have the time.
I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.
What time do you usually get up?
Please forgive me for not having written for a long time.
Time goes by quickly when you're having fun.
What time do you get up?
The time has come when we can travel through space.
For one thing, I'm penniless; for another, I don't have the time.
We had a very good time last night.
I wish we had more time.
If I could have a wish, I'd wish I could make up for lost time.
It's already time to go home.
Now it's time to say good night.
One can always find time.
You never have time for important things!
It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.
When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.
What time is it?
I was trying to kill time.
I was looking to kill time.
Give me time to give you everything I have!
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
A schedule is an identity card for time, but, if you don't have a schedule, the time isn't there.
Ten years is a long time to wait.
Movie subtitles
It's about time.
Your mom was a famous movie star a long time ago. And your brother is one of the top singer in our country. Killer, huh?
We should come here all the time.
I heard that I was dying but I didn't find out how much time I have left.
It's your first time seeing me dance, huh?
But there still time till the shooting.
What'd you do all that time Not knowing how to swim.
Helicopters fly from time to time.
Now is the time that we, the Japan Liberation Front, should make a stand!
Um. you know, that time in the bathroom.
You sure have studied it a lot in such a short amount of time.
At that time. for us 10 year olds, the world appeared to be a very sad place.
You'll have to do it another time.
Around the same time, the astronomer Kapteyn became professor of astronomy in Groningen (the Netherlands).
It was this big achievement that lead Kapteyn to first distinguish himself at that time.
Today this is quite normal. But at the time, it was like going to a different continent!
And Henk went to Leiden, and from time to time we received news about his stay, the people at Leiden, the things that were going on there.
But 21 cm receivers did not exist at that time.
Harold Ewen, had detected the emission for the first time.
Henk van de Hulst was at Harvard at that time and he organised the communication between Harvard, Leiden and Kootwijk.
A long time ago, a boat with 10 of our Spanish sisters ran aground here.
Why waste time when France offered you to skip centuries and enter the modern world.
I'll kill you next time.
We spend all of our time trying to keep one step ahead of all the teachers.
This time she'll have the real shit.
The first time was the hardest, man.
Frankie keeps making me do it, and every time I do it, it feels worse, and plus, I'm not a very good liar.
This time it was Johnny, the next time it'll be some other kid.
Hey. Listen, this is my last time.
Now in his time of need you're just going to drop him like that?
Yeah, I knew it the whole time.
All the kids expect me to solve their problems like that, but all of these things take time.
But these things take time.
Stop it with this time!
We are out of time!
What's the time?
News and current affairs
But, at the same time, a wave of idealism swept across the wreckage, a collective sense of determination to build a more equal, peaceful, and safer world.
I just took it for granted that, by the time I was, say, 40, space travel would be a common thing.
It has entered the history books as the beginning of something new, a new era perhaps, but in any case a time of change.
His books - which he found time to write despite the hectic demands of diplomacy - were a unique combination of enormous erudition and crystalline clarity.
At a time when public debate in Israel is torn between pseudo-religious nationalist fanatics and anti-Zionists masquerading as post-modernists, the moral certitudes of Eban, for all their urbanity, may sound shallow.
How it is received may not only determine the state of Israel-Palestine negotiations for a considerable time to come, but Saudi Arabia's domestic peace as well.
Like history, social-scientific theory is written by the victors and shaped by the context and challenges of its time.
Now is the time to set new ambitious goals for Europe.
It is time for the Security Council to try to internationalize the most dangerous parts of the nuclear fuel cycle.
The time for business as usual is over.
At the same time, small farmers would receive a steady flow of income, which they could use for micro-investments to improve their household's wealth, education, and health.
We don't do it, because we give safety a lower priority than our desire to spend less time driving.
And, over time, Israeli settler disengagement from the West Bank and East Jerusalem has become just as impossible as any attempt by Israel to expel its remaining Arabs.
But that doesn't mean that it won't work, at least for a time.
After adjusting for inflation, today's price is nowhere near the all-time high of January 1980.
At the time (2008-2009), large international banks had to be rescued by their home countries' governments when they ran into trouble.
But a financial crisis does not give policymakers the time that they once had to explain to voters why one step required another.
At the same time, the Palestinians become objects of romanticized identifications - one of the leaders of the NAFTHE motion was seen, prior to a meeting, draped in a Palestinian flag - and unwitting condescension.
But, in a currency union with huge differences in income and development levels, the short term can stretch out for a very long time.
At the same time, emerging-market central banks need to accumulate gold reserves, which they still hold in far lower proportion than do rich-country central banks.
A couple of weeks later, I was faced with one of those conflicts: a board meeting here, a conference there, another opportunity at the same time somewhere else.
Given the gravity of the economic crisis, the time has come for the EU to demonstrate its strengths whenever possible.