in time

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in time

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  1. At or before the time assigned. I would have died had I not been gottten to hospital in time.
  2. Sufficiently early. You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
  3. As time passes. In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
  4. In rhythm. Am I in time with/to the music?
  5. At the same rhythm as. The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
  6. In the correct tempo. Am I playing in time?

noun in times

  1. countable, uncountable Synonym of inpoint.
  2. UK, childish, countable, uncountable The time when pupils are expected to re-enter the school for lessons.

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