time

/tɑɪm/ n [U] (MEASURE OF EXISTENCE)

Definition

› the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole: I really don’t have time to call her today. The children spent most of their time outdoors. We’d save time (= It would be quicker) if we didn’t have to pick up Bobby on the way. › If you waste time, you do not make good use of the amount of time available to you.

(Definition of time n (MEASURE OF EXISTENCE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)