instance, case, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

day - some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"

dead - a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"

hard times - a time of difficulty

incarnation - time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

wee - a short time; "bide a wee"

while, spell, patch, piece - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

minute, moment, second, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

ephemera - something transitory; lasting a day

space age - the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

moment, instant, minute, second - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"

high time - the latest possible moment; "it is high time you went to work"

occasion - the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"

abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

geologic time, geological time - the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)

biological time - the time of various biological processes

cosmic time - the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe

civil time, local time, standard time - the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom

daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time - time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings

nowadays, present - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

past, past times, yesteryear, yore - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"

future, futurity, time to come, hereafter - the time yet to come

musical time - the beat of musical rhythm

continuum - a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts

GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, universal time, UT, UT1 - the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere

duration, continuance - the property of enduring or continuing in time

eternity, infinity - time without end

meter reading, reading, indication - a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

SCLK, spacecraft clock time - the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft

prime time - the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available

time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"

dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music

term - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"

hard time - a term served in a maximum security prison

life sentence, life - a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"

measure, quantify - express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"

mistime - time incorrectly; "She mistimed the marathon runner"

schedule - plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"