Times (Noun)
Meaning 1
An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed; "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"; "four times three equals twelve".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Five times two is ten.
- Three times four equals twelve.
- Two times two is four, but three times two is six.
- Six times three equals eighteen, but seven times three equals twenty-one.
- Nine times eight equals seventy-two.
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Meaning 2
A more or less definite period of time now or previously present; "it was a sign of the times".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.