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)