duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.-a particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.-the period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the spanish armada was destroyed in the time of queen elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.-the duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.-a proper time; a season; an opportunity.-hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.-performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.-the present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.-tense.-the measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.-to appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.-to regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.-to ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.-to measure, as in music or harmony.-to keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.-to pass time; to delay.