time

noun (OCCASION)

/taɪm/

Definition

A2 [C] an occasion when somnething happens, or the experience connected with it: The last time we went to Paris, it rained every day. Every time/Each time I ask you to do something you say you're busy. They go swimming three or four times a week. There are times when I wish I didn't live where I do. The four-times (US four-time) champion (= the champion on four occasions in the past) was defeated in the second round. If I'd known at the time (= then) that she was his former wife, I'd never have said what I did. Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring. For the umpteenth/hundredth/thousandth time, (= I've told you on many occasions to) stop hitting your sister. Did you have a bad/good time (= an unpleasant/enjoyable experience) at the conference? She had an easy/hard time of it (= a comfortable/uncomfortable experience) with the birth of her second baby.Points in timeExperiencing and suffering from time to time B2 sometimes, but not often: From time to time I still think of her.Rarely and infrequently time after time C2 again and again: Time after time she gets involved in relationships with unsuitable men.Continually and repeatedly time and (time) again › very often: I've told you time and time again - look before you cross the road.Continually and repeatedly at all times › continuously: When you're at the airport, you should make sure you have your luggage with you at all times.Always and never at (any) one time (also at a time, also at any given time) › at or during any particular point or moment in the day: Only a certain number of people are allowed in the building at any one time. I'm sorry, but I'm too busy to help you now - I can only do one thing at a time.Points in time at times C1 sometimes: You can be really annoying at times, you know.Rarely and infrequently at any time › ever: Parking is not allowed here at any time.Always and never the times UK › on many occasions: The times I've told you, ask before you borrow my clothes.Continually and repeatedly

(Definition of time noun (OCCASION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)