Standard Lemma guide

times

name · noun · prep · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: tīmz
  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /taɪmz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /tɑemz/
  • Tasmanian: /tɜːmz/
  • rhymes with -aɪmz
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 M Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: journalism, media, newspapers

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of time

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The circumstances of a certain time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • Modern times are so very different from the past.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person's experiences or biography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

prep

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • Four times five is/are twenty
  • One times one is one.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

third-person singular simple present indicative of time

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To multiply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: arithmetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the multiplication of four by three gives twelve
  • four times three equals twelve

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: multiplication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arithmetic operation

10

noun

Meaning 10

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was a sign of the times

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

Narrower terms: modern times, present times, modern world, contemporary world, Roman times

History

Etymology

From times.

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

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Vietnamese: thời báo — common name for a newspaper or periodical
  • Arabic: فِي (fī) — multiplied by
  • Arabic: في (fi) — multiplied by
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ (gāhē) — multiplied by
  • Old Armenian: -իցս (-icʻs) — multiplied by
  • Basque: bider — multiplied by
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乘以 (chéngyǐ) — multiplied by
  • Czech: krát — multiplied by
  • Danish: gange — multiplied by
  • Dutch: keer — multiplied by
  • Dutch: maal — multiplied by
  • Estonian: korda — multiplied by
  • Finnish: kertaa — multiplied by
  • French: fois — multiplied by
  • Georgian: -ჯერ (-ǯer) — multiplied by
  • German: mal — multiplied by
  • Greek: επί (epí) — multiplied by
  • Hungarian: -szor — multiplied by
  • Hungarian: -szer — multiplied by
  • Hungarian: -ször — multiplied by
  • Icelandic: sinnum — multiplied by
  • Ido: per — multiplied by
  • Indonesian: kali — multiplied by
  • Irish: faoi — multiplied by
  • Italian: per — multiplied by
  • Japanese: 掛ける (kakeru) — multiplied by
  • Javanese: ping — multiplied by
  • Old Javanese: piṅ — multiplied by
  • Khmer: គុណ (kun) — multiplied by
  • Khmer: ដង (dɑɑng) — multiplied by
  • Korean: 곱하기 (gophagi) — multiplied by
  • Macedonian: по (po) — multiplied by
  • Malay: darab — multiplied by
  • Malay: kali — multiplied by
  • Navajo: ahą́ą́h nániilyá — multiplied by
  • Ndom: an — multiplied by
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ganger — multiplied by
  • Old English: sīþum — multiplied by
  • Polish: razy — multiplied by
  • Portuguese: vezes — multiplied by
  • Russian: на (na) — multiplied by
  • Spanish: por — multiplied by
  • Swedish: gånger — multiplied by
  • Tagalog: maka — multiplied by
  • Tagalog: paramihin ng — multiplied by
  • Thai: คูณ (kuun) — multiplied by
  • Turkish: kere — multiplied by
  • Vietnamese: nhân — multiplied by
  • Yiddish: מאָל (mol) — multiplied by
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