Idioms for time

Origin of time

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1

SYNONYMS FOR time

4 term, spell, span.
6 epoch, era.

OTHER WORDS FROM time

re·time, verb (used with object), re·timed, re·tim·ing. un·timed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH time

thyme time

British Dictionary definitions for time of one's life

time
/ (taɪm) /

noun

verb (tr)

interjection

the word called out by a publican signalling that it is closing time

Word Origin for time

Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide 1

Medical definitions for time of one's life

time
[ tīm ]

n.

A duration or relation of events expressed in terms of past, present, and future, and measured in units such as minutes, hours, days, months, or years.
A certain period during which something is done.

Scientific definitions for time of one's life

time
[ tīm ]

A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence proceeding from the past through the present to the future. See Note at space-time.
  1. An interval separating two points of this quantity; a duration.
  2. A system or reference frame in which such intervals are measured or such quantities are calculated.

Idioms and Phrases with time of one's life (1 of 2)

time of one's life

An extremely pleasurable experience; see under of one's life.

Idioms and Phrases with time of one's life (2 of 2)

time