time
noun (HISTORICAL PERIOD) /taɪm/Definition
B2 [C] (also times) a period in history: "A Tale of Two Cities" is set at the time of the French Revolution. In/During medieval times, women thought to be witches were burned at the stake. In times gone by, all crops were harvested by hand. Times were hard (= living conditions were not good) when I was a boy. He is widely regarded as one of the best writers of modern/our times (= the present or very recent past). I never thought it would happen in my time (= before I died). We sat and talked about old times (= things that had happened to us in the past.)History - general words at one time C2 › in the past: At one time, George Eliot lived here.In the past ahead of your time (UK also before your time) › having new ideas, opinions, or ways of living long before most other people doModern and fashionableFashionModern and fashionable before your time › If something or someone is before your time, they happened or existed before you were born or were old enough to remember them: I don't remember the Beatles - they were before my time. → See also ahead of yourtimeDescribing people who are young time was › said to mean that there was a period in the past when something used to happen or be true: Time was (when) you could buy a loaf of bread for sixpence.In the past
(Definition of time noun (HISTORICAL PERIOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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- About to happen
- Always & never
- At the right time
- Coming to an end
- Continually & repeatedly
- Continue & last
- Continuous & permanent
- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
- Describing when something happened or will happen
- Early
- Finished & over
- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
- In the past
- Lasting for a long time
- Late
- Long periods of time
- Modern & fashionable
- Names of months
- New
- Now
- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Watches & clocks
- Years & yearly
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Synonyms and related words:
- adolescent adjective
- at your mother's knee idiom
- be knee-high to a grasshopper idiom
- fresh-faced adjective
- in the flower of sb's youth idiom
- juvenile adjective
- little adjective (YOUNG)
- prepubescent adjective
- pubescent adjective
- slip noun (SMALL)
- small adjective (YOUNG)
- tender adjective (YOUNG)
- tweenager noun
- underage adjective
- yoof adjective
- young adjective
- youthful adjective
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