Time

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Time

Time : காலம், சகாப்தம், சந்தர்ப்பம், தேதி, நேரம்

Time : அவகாசம்,காலம்,காலம்,சகாப்தம்,சந்தர்ப்பம்,தேதி,நேரம்,சகாப்தம்,சந்தர்ப்பம்,தேதி,நேரம்

Time definition

Noun.

  1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
  2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
  3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
  4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
  5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
  6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
  7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
  8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
  9. Tense.
  10. The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.

Transitive verb.

  1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
  2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
  3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
  4. To measure, as in music or harmony.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
  2. To pass time; to delay.