| access time |
the amount of time needed for a computer to retrieve or store data. |
| ahead of time |
before the time of some event. |
| Alaska Standard Time |
the standard time used in most of Alaska, nine hours behind Greenwich time. |
| all the time |
very often. |
| all-time |
of all time; never greater; unsurpassed. |
| Atlantic Standard Time |
the standard time used in the western Atlantic and the easternmost parts of Canada, four hours behind Greenwich time. |
| bide one's time |
to wait for an opportunity. |
| big-time |
(informal) significant or influential in a particular trade, profession, or other field of endeavor. [2 definitions] |
| Central Standard Time |
the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| common time |
a musical meter of four beats, usu. quarter notes, to the measure; four-four time. |
| daylight-saving time |
standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |
| do time |
to spend time in jail or prison as a person convicted of a crime. |
| double time |
a fast military marching pace of one hundred and eighty three-foot steps per minute. [3 definitions] |
| double-time |
to move or play in double time. |
| Eastern Standard Time |
the standard time used in the eastern region of the United States, five hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Father Time |
time personified as an old man with a long beard, usu. carrying a scythe. |
| for the time being |
just for now; for a short time only. |
| four-four time |
a musical meter having four quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure. |
| from time to time |
occasionally; sometimes but not frequently. |
| full-time |
involving or working the standard number of working hours per week, typically forty hours in the U.S. |