time

A. n.

• 1 Zeit in [the course of] time, as time goes on/went on = mit der Zeit; = im Laufe der Zeit in time, with time (sooner or later) = mit der Zeit in [good] time (not late) = rechtzeitig all the or this time = die ganze Zeit; (without ceasing) = ständig a short time ago = vor kurzem time off or out = freie Zeit in ˈno time = im Handumdrehen in a week's/year's time = in einer Woche/in einem Jahr harvest/Christmas time = Ernte-/Weihnachtszeit on time (punctually) = pünktlich ahead of time = zu früh [ankommen]; = vorzeitig [fertig werden] have a good time = sich amüsieren; = Spaß haben (ugs.) have no time for sb./sth. (fig.) = für jmdn./etw. ist einem seine Zeit zu schade

• 2 (occasion) Mal for the first time = zum ersten Mal at times = gelegentlich time and again, time after time = immer [und immer] wieder at one time, at [one and] the same time (simultaneously) = gleichzeitig one at a time = einzeln two at a time = jeweils zwei

• 3 (point in day etc.) [Uhr]zeit tell the time = die Uhr lesen what time is it?, what is the time? = wie spät ist es? by this/that time = inzwischen by the time [that] we arrived = bis wir hinkamen Time! (Brit.) (in pub) = Feierabend! time, [ladies and] gentlemen, please! = wir machen Feierabend, meine [Damen und] Herren!

• 4 (multiplication) mal three times four = drei mal vier

• 5 [Mus.] Takt in time = im Takt

B. v.t.

• 1 zeitlich abstimmen be well timed = zur richtigen Zeit kommen

• 2 (set to operate at correct time) einstellen

• 3 (measure time taken by) stoppen