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times¹

  • /taɪmz/ Canada, UK, US
  • /tɑemz/ Australia
  • /tɜːmz/ Tasmanian

Rhymes with -aɪmz

Where it comes from

Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.

noun

  1. plural plural of time It's been ten times more difficult than expected.
  2. plural, plural only The circumstances of a certain time. Modern times are so very different from the past.
  3. plural, plural only A person's experiences or biography. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

preposition

  1. Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time'). Four times five is/are twenty

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of time

verb timeses · timesing · timesed

  1. informal To multiply. 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...

Times²

Where it comes from

From times.

proper noun

  1. 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. Mr. Campion seated himself in the client’s chair and crossed his long legs. His hat, his gloves and his folded Times newspaper he held upon his knee.
  2. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: multiplication, modern times, contemporary world, modern world, present time, timeline, hour, long, hourly, windows, timeframe, schedule, days, combination, day, duration

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prep multiplied by

Españolpor
한국어곱하기 gophagi
日本語掛ける kakeru
中文乘以 chéngyǐ
Kiswahilimara, fi
Portuguêsvezes
Françaisfois
Deutschmal
Italianoper
Ελληνικάεπί epí
Русскийна na
Tiếng Việtnhân
العربيةفِي fī

name common name for a newspaper or periodical

Tiếng Việtthời báo

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Chicago

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@misc{times_2026,
  title = {times},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/times},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}