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(Q11471) 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.

A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.

(reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.

A duration of time.

A quantity of availability of duration.

A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

(slang) The serving of a prison sentence.

An experience.

(era) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.

(possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

(figuratively) {{1|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.

A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

A numerical indication of a particular moment.

(occurrence)An instance or occurrence.

(in public houses) {{1|closing time}}.

The hour of childbirth.

(possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.

The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

A ratio of comparison (''see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times).

The measured duration of sounds.

(tempo) {{1|tempo}}; a measured rate of movement.

(meter) Rhythmical division, meter.

(jazz) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.

(obsolete) (tense)

(MLE) (a long time). +

To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.

To choose when something commences or its duration.

(obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

(obsolete) To pass time; to delay.

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

To measure, as in music or harmony.

(tennis) {{ng|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.