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.
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Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US:tīmz
Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US:/taɪmz/
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Australian:/tɑemz/
Tasmanian:/tɜːmz/
rhymes with -aɪmz
CMU ARPABET:T AY1 M Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.
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2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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verb
Meaning 7
third-person singular simple present indicative of time
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract