times
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
How often you will meet it
Rank 353 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 57,210 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.027% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a more or less definite period of time now or previously present it was a sign of the times
- an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed also: multiplication the multiplication of four by three gives twelvefour times three equals twelve
times in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Then came the second excuse, which had its birth during the turbulent times of reconstruction.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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There are times when Camembert cheese is a steadying thing to think of--or golf balls.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I suppose I've been by it hundreds of times, but I never saw it till to-day.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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He has probably hunted several times without pleasure, or fished or shot here and there without success.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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John watched him, frowning, because Fluff was a good little chap, and yet, at times, such a bore!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1