/taɪmz/, /tɑemz/, /tɜːmz/
OriginMultiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.
- form-of, pluralplural of time
“It's been ten times more difficult than expected.”
- plural, plural-onlyThe circumstances of a certain time.
“Modern times are so very different from the past.”
“The city called Fan-yang in Eastern Han times can be identified with the present village of Ch’u-wang (Nei-huang County, Honan Province).”
“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonel”
- plural, plural-onlyA person's experiences or biography.
“The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.”
- Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time').
“Four times five is/are twenty”
“One times one is one.”
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of time
- informalTo multiply.
“I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^([sic]) the answer was 2460 calories...”
“A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […]”
“Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.”
- A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially The Times (published in the United Kingdom), but also The New York Times, The Times of India, Radio Times, etc.
“Mr. Campion seated himself in the client’s chair and crossed his long legs. His hat, his gloves and his folded Times newspaper he held upon his knee.”
“From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thin”
- A surname.
Formstimeses(present, singular, third-person) · timesing(participle, present) · timesed(participle, past) · timesed(past)