Times
[taɪmz]
Definition
(noun.) a more or less definite period of time now or previously present; 'it was a sign of the times'.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(pl. ) of Time
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. [1]. Seasons, spells.[2]. Periods, epochs, ages.[3]. State of things (at a particular period), general condition of affairs.
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Examples
- By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We thank you many times. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It is like the happy old times to have you here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was twice--twenty times as fine; not one quarter as comfortable. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I have noticed you go past our house, sir, several times in the course of the last week or so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's convenient to have you at all times ready on the premises. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Alack-a-day, the good Lord Luigi reigns not here in these sad times. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One shall guard it at all times. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If you change once, why not twenty times? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I've saved you some thousands of dollars, at different times, by taking care of your hands,--that's all the thanks I get. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How many times have you opened the door for me within this last month? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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