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How to Use "Time" with Example Sentences
time
(n):
a moment that is measured in seconds, minutes and hours; a particular moment
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Used with adjectives:
"
What is the
current
time
?
"
(current)
"
It happened at 5 o'clock
local
time
.
"
(local)
"
It is the
perfect
time
to buy a house.
"
(perfect)
"
It is a
good
time
to go on vacation.
"
(good)
Used with verbs:
"
Time
goes
by so fast.
"
(goes, passes)
"
I wish we could
slow down
time
.
"
(slow down, speed up)
"
The swimmer
decreased
her
time
by a few seconds.
"
(decreased, reduced, increased)
"
He
calculates
the runner's
time
.
"
(calculates, measures)
"
Do you
have
the
time
?
"
(have, know)
"
He keeps
looking at
the
time
.
"
(looking at, checking)
"
Do you know how to
tell
time
?
"
(tell, read)
Used with prepositions:
"
That song takes me back
in
time
.
"
(in)
"
I'd like to travel
through
time
.
"
(through)
"
Hawaii is three hours
before
our
time
.
"
(before)
Used with nouns:
"
We found a
time
capsule
.
"
(capsule)
"
The scientist made a
time
machine
.
"
(machine)
"
We need to work on
time
management
.
"
(management)
"
What
time
zone
do you live in?
"
(zone)
time
(v):
to arrange for something to happen at a particular moment; to measure how long something takes
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Used with adverbs:
"
The joke was
badly
timed
.
"
(badly, poorly)
"
The dance moves were
perfectly
timed
.
"
(perfectly, wonderfully, expertly, carefully, precisely)
Used with prepositions:
"
The test was
timed
for
three hours.
"
(for)
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