time means reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
time is pronounced /taɪm/.
Why “time” is a great word
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events, or the feeling of this passage as experienced by an individual. From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma ("time, period, season, opportunity"), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô ("time"), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from the root *deh₂y- ("to divide"). Unlike "duration," which measures a span, or "era," which names an epoch, time is the fundamental and unnameable currency of change. It is the warmth of a teacup cooling on a windowsill, the particular grey of winter light at four in the afternoon, the weary beat of a clock in an empty hall—the element we cannot live in, only through.
Etymology
From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) * Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”) * Swedish timma, timme (“hour”).
intj
- Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
- The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
- A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.e.g.“Time gentlemen please!”
noun
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.e.g.“Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time”
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.; The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.e.g.“Time flies when you're having fun.”
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.; A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.e.g.“Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.”
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.; Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.e.g.“Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.”
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.; The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.e.g.“An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.”
- A duration of time.; A quantity of availability of duration.e.g.“More time is needed to complete the project.”
- A duration of time.; A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.e.g.“a long time”
- A duration of time.; The serving of a prison sentence.e.g.“The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.”
- A duration of time.; An experience.e.g.“We had a wonderful time at the party.”
- A duration of time.; An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.e.g.“Roman times”
- A duration of time.; A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.e.g.“In my time, we respected our elders.”
- A duration of time.; Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- An instant of time.; The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.e.g.“Excuse me, have you got the time?”
- An instant of time.; A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).e.g.“it’s time for (you to go to) bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going”
- An instant of time.; A numerical indication of a particular moment.e.g.“At what times do the trains arrive?”
verb
- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.e.g.“I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.”
- To choose when something commences or its duration.e.g.“The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.”
- To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.e.g.“With oar strokes timing to their song.” — 1861, John Greenleaf Whittier, At Port Royal:
- To pass time; to delay.
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.e.g.“Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.” — 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
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