spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course &c
109; snap.
intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency†;
intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude;
respite.
era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade &c (period) 108;
moment, &c (instant) 113.
glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages
of time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless
foot of time; scythe.
V. continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse &c
109; hold out.
take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time.
pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume
time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an
opportunity &c 134; waste time &c (be inactive) 683.
Adj. continuing &c v.; on foot; permanent &c (durable) 110.
Adv. while, whilst, during, pending; during the time, during the
interval; in the course of, at that point, at that point in time; for
the time being, day by day; in the time of, when; meantime, meanwhile;
in the meantime, in the interim; ad interim, pendente lite [Lat.]; de
die in diem [Lat.]; from day to day, from hour to hour &c; hourly,
always; for a time, for a season; till, until, up to, yet, as far as,
by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this
point.
the whole time, all the time; all along; throughout &c
(completely) 52; for good &c (diuturnity) 110.
hereupon, thereupon, whereupon; then; anno Domini, A.D.; ante
Christum, A.C.; before Christ, B.C.; anno urbis conditae [Lat.],
A.U.C.; anno regni [Lat.], A.R.; once upon a time, one fine morning,
one fine day, one day, once.
Phr. time flies, tempus fugit [Lat.]; time runs out, time runs against,
race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the
essence, time and tide wait for no man.
ad calendas Groecas [Lat.]; panting Time toileth after him in vain
[Johnson]; 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion [Contr.]
[Measure for Measure]; rich with the spoils of time [Gray]; tempus edax
rerum [Lat.] [Horace]; the long hours come and go [C.G.
Rossetti]; the time is out of joint [Hamlet]; Time rolls his
ceaseless course [Scott]; Time the foe of man's dominion [Peacock];
time wasted is existence, used is life [Young]; truditur dies die
[Lat.] [Horace]; volat hora per orbem [Lat.] [Lucretius]; carpe diem
[Lat.].