times
see also: Times
Pronunciation Noun
Times
Etymology
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see also: Times
Pronunciation Noun
- plural form of time
times (plural p)
- The circumstances of a certain time.
- Modern times are so very different from the past.
- A person's experiences or biography.
- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
- (mathematics) Multiplied by.
- Four times five is twenty.
- One times one is one.
- Third-person singular simple present indicative of time
times (timeses, present participle timesing; simple past and past participle timesed)
- (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
- 1994, Harvey Mellar, Learning with artificial worlds: computer-based modelling in the curriculum:
- I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which [sic] the answer was 2460 calories...
- 1995, Mathematical Association, The Australian mathematics teacher, Volumes 51-53:
- A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […]
- 1998, Psychology of mathematics education, Volume 2:
- Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.
Times
Etymology
From times.
Proper noun- (newspapers) 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.
- Surname.
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