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Time can be a verb or a noun.

time used as a verb:

  1. To measure seconds, hours etc passed, especially using a clock of some kind.
  2. To choose how long something lasts.
    "The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl."

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

time used as a noun:

  1. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
    "Time stops for nobody."
  2. A quantity of availability in time.
    "More time is needed to complete the project."
  3. A measurement of a quantity in time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
    "Record the individual times for the processes in each batch."
  4. The serving of a prison sentence.
    "The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time."
  5. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
    "Excuse me, have you got the time?"
  6. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (esp. with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
    "It’s time for bed. It’s time to sleep."
  7. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
    "Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."
  8. A numerical indication of a particular moment.
    "At what times do the trains arrive?"
  9. An instance or occurrence.
    "When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember."
  10. An experience.
    "We had a wonderful time at the party."
  11. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
    "Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs."
  12. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
    "In my time, we respected our elders."

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

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As detailed above, 'time' can be a verb or a noun. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Verb usage: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
  2. Verb usage: The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
  3. Noun usage: Time stops for nobody.
  4. Noun usage: the ebb and flow of time
  5. Noun usage: More time is needed to complete the project.
  6. Noun usage: You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
  7. Noun usage: Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
  8. Noun usage: Our instructor didn't give us enough time to complete the test.
  9. Noun usage: The two of us can never find time to see each other any more.
  10. Noun usage: Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
  11. Noun usage: Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.
  12. Noun usage: The algorithm runs in O(n^2) time.
  13. Noun usage: The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.
  14. Noun usage: He is not living at home because he is doing time.
  15. Noun usage: Excuse me, have you got the time?
  16. Noun usage: What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?
  17. Noun usage: A computer keeps time using a clock battery.
  18. Noun usage: It’s time for bed. It’s time to sleep.
  19. Noun usage: We must wait for the right time.
  20. Noun usage: It's time we were going.
  21. Noun usage: Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
  22. Noun usage: Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.
  23. Noun usage: At what times do the trains arrive?
  24. Noun usage: These times were erroneously converted between zones.
  25. Noun usage: When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
  26. Noun usage: See you another time.
  27. Noun usage: That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.
  28. Noun usage: Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
  29. Noun usage: We had a wonderful time at the party.
  30. Noun usage: Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs.
  31. Noun usage: The time is out of joint... (Hamlet)
  32. Noun usage: O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)
  33. Noun usage: In my time, we respected our elders.

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of time are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of time, and guess at its most common usage.

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