English-French translations for time

• temps
  Cette révision est exécutée de temps en temps. This is done from time to time.
  Tout le temps de garde est compté comme du temps de travail. All on-call time is counted as working time.
  Veuillez respecter votre temps de parole la prochaine fois. Please keep to your time next time.
• à ce moment
  Nous n'avions, à ce moment-là, aucun critère. At that time we were unable to judge them.
• chronométrer
• durée
  Cela ne s’applique pas seulement aux durées de voyage. That applies not only to journey times.
  Les durées de transport doivent être réduites de toute façon. Transport times must be reduced in any case.
  Nous ne devrions pas seulement parler d'une durée maximale de route. We should not simply talk about a time limit.
• époque
  C'était la manière de faire à l'époque. It was the fashion of the time.
  C'est une honte pour notre époque. This is a reproach of our times.
  Je ne vous ai pas crue à l’époque. I did not trust you at that time.
• fois
  Veuillez respecter votre temps de parole la prochaine fois. Please keep to your time next time.
  Ce fut plus difficile la troisième fois. The third time it has been harder.
  Pourquoi cela n'a-t-il pas été le cas cette fois-ci? Why was that not the case this time?
• heure
  Nous reprenons à présent l'Heure des votes. We shall now resume voting time.
  Nous allons maintenant reprendre l'heure des votes. We will continue with voting time.
  Aujourd'hui, nous avons en fait commencé à l'heure à 18 heures. Today we actually started on time at 6 p.m.
• heure du jour
• inédit
• moment
  L'efficacité signifie on time, c'est-à-dire accorder l'aide au bon moment. To be effective, aid must arrive at the right time.
  Le moment est venu de conclure. The time has come to conclude.
  Ce sommet est organisé à un moment critique. This summit comes at a critical time.
• reprise
  Cela a été dit à de maintes reprises. This time, however, it is true.
  Nous l'avons demandé à de nombreuses reprises. We have asked for this many times.
  Nous en avons discuté à maintes reprises. We have discussed it several times.

Definition of time

• The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past
• A duration of time
• An instant of time
• The measurement under some system of region of day or moment
• Ratio of comparison
• Tense
• The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division
• To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of
• To choose when something begins or how long it lasts
• To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time
• To pass time; to delay
• To measure, as in music or harmony
• A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served

Examples

• Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time
• Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time
• Time slows down when you approach the speed of light
• An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change
• More time is needed to complete the project.   You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.   Are you finished yet? Time’s up!
• a long time;  Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.   Only your best time is compared with the other competitors.   The algorithm runs in O(n2) time
• The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.   He is not living at home because he is doing time
• We had a wonderful time at the party
• Roman times;  the time of the dinosaurs
• In my time, we respected our elders
• Excuse me, have you got the time?   What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?   A computer keeps time using a clock battery
• it’s time for bed;  it’s time to sleep;  we must wait for the right time;  its time we were going
• at what times do the trains arrive?;  these times were erroneously converted between zones
• When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember
• see you another time;  that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
• Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
• Last call: its almost time
• It was his time.
• Lets synchronize our watches so were not on different time
• your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this
• the time of a verb
• common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time
• I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
• The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
• The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.

Related words

• on time
• on-time