Palavra Inglês do Dia

time

tempo

Definições

inglês > português

time

1. Substantivo. tempo

2. Substantivo. momento, hora

3. Verbo. medir tempo

inglês > inglês

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.

português > inglês

tempo

1. n-m. time (the progression from the present into the future)

2. n-m. time (quantity of availability of duration)

Não há tempo para explicar, entra no carro! - There is no time to explain, get in the car!

3. n-m. a duration of time, especially a long one

Ficara muito tempo na cadeia. - He had spent a lot of time in jail.

4. n-m. weather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)

5. n-m. time; era; period

O tempo dos dinossauros. - The time of the dinosaurs.

6. n-m. season (part of a year when something particular happens)

É tempo de colheita. - It is harvest season.

7. n-m. (grammar) tense (forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs)

8. n-m. (sports) a subdivision of the duration of a match (such as halves in football, quarters in basketball)

9. interj. (sports) time out (call for a time-out)

Exemplos

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
    Alegra-te tanto com as tuas realizações como com os teus projectos. Ama o teu trabalho, mesmo que ele seja humilde; pois é o tesouro da tua vida.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
    O sucesso consiste simplesmente em levantar-se uma vez a mais do que se cai.
This happens all the time.
    Isto acontece o tempo todo.
If there's time this week, shall we try once?
    Se tiver tempo durante a semana, vamos tentar uma vez?
We don't have time.
    Falta-nos tempo.

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