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times meaning

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  • Noun
    1. plural of time.
      1. The circumstances of a certain time.
        1. From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
      2. A person's experiences or biography.
        1. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter ‎
    2. VerbSGtimesesPRtimesingPT, PPtimesed
      1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of time.
        1. INF (arithmetic) To multiply.
        2. Preposition
          1. Product of the previous number and the following number.
            1. Four times five is twenty.
            2. One times one is one.
        3. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • ..And he's gone on a cruise he liked better than the one you'd have had him; but that's no matter; I had better have gone north about twenty times over than come athwart you.
            • The spreading of novel teachings, often radical in character and at times even eccentric — chiliasm, adamitism, abuse of the sacrament of the altar — did not cease, however
            • Try to put your best foot forward at all times during a job interview.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • Oh, put a lid on it already! I heard you the first fourteen times.
            • Make a point to carry [or of carrying] your calendar with you at all times.
            • Work in progress has dramatically declined due to reduced production cycle times.

        Meaning of times for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "times" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Noun forms
              • Noun plural forms
            • Prepositions
              • Verbs
                • Verb forms
                  • Verb singular forms
                    • Third-person singular forms
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