in time
English
[edit]Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
[edit]- At or before the time assigned.
- If I don't leave now, I won't get to work in time.
- (with for) Sufficiently early.
- You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- But out of sight is out of mind. And that […] means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.
- As time passes.
- In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
- In rhythm.
- (in time with) At the same rhythm as.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
- The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
- (music) In the correct tempo.
Synonyms
[edit]- (at or before the time assigned): early, on time, promptly
- (sufficiently early (for)):
- (as time passes): as time goes by, over time, with the passage of time, with the passing of time, into time, unto time
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “at or before the time assigned”): behind time, late
- (antonym(s) of “sufficiently early (for)”): late, too late
- (antonym(s) of “as time passes”): all at once, never
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]at or before the time assigned
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sufficiently early (for something)
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as time passes
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in rhythm
at the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
music: in the correct tempo