(n)timea period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something“take time to smell the roses”, “I didn't have time to finish”, “it took more than half my time”, “he waited for a long time”
(n)timethe continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past“he waited for along time”, “it took some time before he got an answer”, “time flies like an arrow”
(n)prison term, sentence, timethe period of time a prisoner is imprisoned“he served a prison term of 15 months”, “his sentence was 5 to 10 years”, “he is doing time in the county jail”
(v)clock, timemeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time“he clocked the runners”