Times

//taɪmz// name, noun, prep, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially The Times (published in the United Kingdom), but also The New York Times, The Times of India, Radio Times, etc.

    "Mr. Campion seated himself in the client’s chair and crossed his long legs. His hat, his gloves and his folded Times newspaper he held upon his knee."

  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of time form-of, plural

    "It's been ten times more difficult than expected."

  2. 2
    an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed wordnet
  3. 3
    The circumstances of a certain time. plural, plural-only

    "Modern times are so very different from the past."

  4. 4
    a more or less definite period of time now or previously present wordnet
  5. 5
    A person's experiences or biography. plural, plural-only

    "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter."

Preposition
  1. 1
    Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time').

    "Four times five is/are twenty"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of time form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
  2. 2
    To multiply. informal

    "I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^([sic]) the answer was 2460 calories..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

Etymology 2

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

Etymology 3

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

Etymology 4

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

Etymology 5

From times.

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