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time
1. n. Temps.
I don't have the time to do this.
Je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
2. n. Heure.
What time is it?
Quelle heure est-il ?
3. n. Fois, reprise.
This is his first time.
C'est sa première fois.
Several times.
Plusieurs fois.
4. n. Fois. (note) Voir aussi times.
His car runs three times faster than mine.
Sa voiture roule trois fois plus vite que la mienne.
5. v. Fixer l'heure de.
6. v. Calculer.
7. v. Chronométrer.
8. v. Minuter.
anglais > anglais
time
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time
2. n.          (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
3. n.          (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
4. n.          (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
5. n. A duration of time.
6. n.          A quantity of availability of duration.
More time is needed to complete the project.   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.   Are you finish
7. n.          A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
a long time;  Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.   Only your best time is compared with the other compet
8. n.          (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.   He is not living at home because he is doing time.
9. n.          An experience.
We had a wonderful time at the party.
10. n.          An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
Roman times;  the time of the dinosaurs
11. n.          (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
In my time, we respected our elders.
12. n.          (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
13. n. An instant of time.
14. n.          How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
Excuse me, have you got the time?   What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?   A computer keeps time using a clock battery
15. n.          A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
it’s time for bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  it's time we were going
16. n.          A numerical indication of a particular moment.
at what times do the trains arrive?;  these times were erroneously converted between zones
17. n.          An instance or occurrence.
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
see you another time;  that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
18. n.          (of pubs) Closing time.
Last call: it's almost time.
19. n.          The hour of childbirth.
20. n.          (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
It was his time.
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
22. n. Ratio of comparison.
your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
the time of a verb
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
français > anglais
temps
1. n-m. time (in general)
je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that
il faut encore du temps - I need more time
Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence
2. n-m. weather
le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here
quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather?
3. n-m. (grammar) tense
un temps composé - a compound tense
un temps simple - a simple tense
changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb

Exemples de phrases

I'm looking for a part-time job.      Je cherche un travail à mi-temps. Always arrive on time.      Arrive toujours à l'heure. Though this is a bulky book with over 1000 pages, I will have read it all by this time next week.      Bien qu'il s'agisse d'un livre volumineux de plus de mille pages, je l'aurai lu la semaine prochaine à cette même heure. Excuse me, what time is it?      Je vous prie de m'excuser, quelle heure est-il? What time did you get home?      À quelle heure es-tu rentré?

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