| clock | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. clock | a timepiece that shows the time of day. |
| ~ alarm clock, alarm | a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time. |
| ~ analog clock | a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial. |
| ~ big ben | clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London. |
| ~ chronometer | an accurate clock (especially used in navigation). |
| ~ clock dial, clock face | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day. |
| ~ cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo. |
| ~ digital clock | a clock that displays the time of day digitally. |
| ~ electric clock | a clock using a small electric motor. |
| ~ fusee, fusee drive | a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring. |
| ~ movement | the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).; "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" |
| ~ pendulum clock | a clock regulated by a pendulum. |
| ~ system clock | a time-of-day clock in a computer system. |
| ~ time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work. |
| ~ horologe, timepiece, timekeeper | a measuring instrument or device for keeping time. |
| ~ turret clock | a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower. |
| ~ wall clock | a clock mounted on a wall. |
| ~ clepsydra, water clock, water glass | clock that measures time by the escape of water. |
| v. (change) | 2. clock, time | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.; "he clocked the runners" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| ~ mistime | time incorrectly.; "She mistimed the marathon runner" |
| time | | |
| n. (event) | 1. clip, time | an instance or single occasion for some event.; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
| ~ case, instance, example | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| n. (time) | 2. time | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| n. (time) | 3. time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ day | some point or period in time.; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" |
| ~ dead | a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense.; "the dead of winter" |
| ~ hard times | a time of difficulty. |
| ~ incarnation | time passed in a particular bodily form.; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" |
| ~ wee | a short time.; "bide a wee" |
| ~ while, spell, patch, piece | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" |
| ~ mo, minute, moment, second, bit | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| ~ ephemera | something transitory; lasting a day. |
| ~ space age | the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present. |
| n. (time) | 4. time | a suitable moment.; "it is time to go" |
| ~ moment, instant, minute, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ high time | the latest possible moment.; "it is high time you went to work" |
| ~ occasion | the time of a particular event.; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" |
| n. (tops) | 5. time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past. |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ biological time | the time of various biological processes. |
| ~ cosmic time | the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe. |
| ~ civil time, local time, standard time | the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom. |
| ~ daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight saving, daylight savings | time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings. |
| ~ nowadays, present | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" |
| ~ past, past times, yesteryear | the time that has elapsed.; "forget the past" |
| ~ future, futurity, time to come, hereafter | the time yet to come. |
| ~ musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm. |
| ~ continuum | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. |
| ~ gmt, greenwich mean time, greenwich time, universal time, ut, ut1 | the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the property of enduring or continuing in time. |
| ~ eternity, infinity | time without end. |
| n. (event) | 6. time | a person's experience on a particular occasion.; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" |
| ~ experience | an event as apprehended.; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
| n. (time) | 7. clock time, time | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock.; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" |
| ~ meter reading, reading, indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument.; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" |
| ~ sclk, spacecraft clock time | the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft. |
| ~ prime time | the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available. |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (time) | 8. fourth dimension, time | the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event. |
| ~ dimension | the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height). |
| n. (attribute) | 9. meter, metre, time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration. |
| ~ rhythmicity | the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music. |
| n. (time) | 10. prison term, sentence, time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned.; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ hard time | a term served in a maximum security prison. |
| ~ life sentence, life | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives.; "he got life for killing the guard" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. time | assign a time for an activity or event.; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene" |
| ~ schedule | plan for an activity or event.; "I've scheduled a concert next week" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. time | set the speed, duration, or execution of.; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| v. (change) | 13. time | regulate or set the time of.; "time the clock" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| v. (change) | 14. time | adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
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