English Phrase of the Day

Definitions

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in time
1. prep. At or before the time assigned.
If I don't leave now, I won't get to work in time.
2. prep. (with for) Sufficiently early.
You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
3. prep. As time passes.
In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
4. prep. In rhythm.
5. prep. (in time with) At the same rhythm as.
6. prep. (music) In the correct tempo.
Analysis
in		©
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep.          Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep.          Within.
4. prep.          Surrounded by.
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.

Example Sentences

Roast will be ready in time now.  The only certainty I have is that the truth would all become clear, in time.  You bet I can make it back in time for the festival dance.  You're just in time to help me dress.  They fled just in time back to the hospital.

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