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  1. opportunity           
 
1. time \'ti-m\ n [ME, fr. OE ti-ma; akin to ON ti-mi time, OE ti-d m more 
   at TIDE 1a: the measured or measurable period during which an action, 
   process, or c ondition exists or continues : DURATION 1b: LEISURE {~ for 
   reading}  2: the point or period when something occurs : OCCASION  3: an 
   appointed, fixed, or customary moment or hour for something to happen , 
   begin, or end 4a: an historical period : AGE  4b: a division of geologic 
   chronology  4c: conditions at present or at some specified period {~s are  
   hard} {move with the ~s} 4d: the present time {issues of the ~}  5a: 
   LIFETIME  5b: a period of apprenticeship  5c: a term of military service  
   5d: a prison sentence  6: SEASON  7a: rate of speed : TEMPO  7b: the 
   grouping of the beats of music : RHYTHM  8a: a moment, hour, day, or year 
   as indicated by a clock or calendar {wha t ~ is it} 8b: any of various 
   sytems (as sidereal or solar) of reckoning time  9a: one of a series of 
   recurring instances or repeated actions {you've be en told many ~s} pl  9b: 
   multiplied instances {five ~s greater}  9c: TURN {three ~s at bat}  10: 
   finite as contrasted with infinite duration  11: a person's experience 
   during a specified period or on a particular occa sion {a good ~} 12a: the 
   hours or days occupied by one's work {make up ~}  12b: an hourly pay rate 
   {straight ~}  12c: wages paid at discharge or resignation {pick up your ~ 
   and get  out} 13a: the playing time of a game  13b: TIME-OUT 
2. time vt 1a: to arrange or set the time of : SCHEDULE  1b: to regulate (a 
   watch) to keep correct time  2: to set the tempo, speed, or duration of  3: 
   to cause to keep time with something  4: to determine or record the time, 
   duration, or rate of  5: to dispose (as a mechanical part) so that an 
   action occurs at a desired  instant or in a desired way : to keep or beat 
   time : move in time 
3. time aj 1a: of or relating to time  1b: recording time  2: timed to 
   ignite or explode at a specific moment {~ charge}  3a: payable on a 
   specified future day or a certain length of time after pr esentation for 
   acceptance 3b: based on installment payments {~ sale}