time: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of time
noun
- uncountable
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
Example: Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
- uncountable
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.
Example: Time flies when you're having fun.
- uncountable, usually
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.
Example: Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
- uncountable
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.
Example: Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
Listed forms: times, tyme.
Source: Wiktionary — time.
verb
- transitive
To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
Example: I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
- transitive
To choose when something commences or its duration.
Example: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
To measure, as in music or harmony.
Listed forms: times, timing, timed, tyme.
Source: Wiktionary — time.
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.
Example: Time gentlemen please!
Listed forms: tyme.
Source: Wiktionary — time.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for time.
noun
an instance or single occasion for some event
noun
a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- clock time
noun
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- fourth dimension
noun
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is time in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of time
T(1) + I(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of time
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from time
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in time. Showing up to 24, longest first.