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Zeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • date noun A specific point in time, usually given as a day, month, and year.
  • hour noun A unit of time equal to sixty minutes, one twenty-fourth of a day.
  • tense adjective Feeling or showing stress, anxiety, or strain; not relaxed.
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.

Senses

Zeit is used for these senses in English:

  • age (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
  • date (obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration.
  • hour (Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
  • tense (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
  • time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
  • time (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
  • time (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

date — full definition

  1. noun A specific point in time, usually given as a day, month, and year.
  2. noun A planned romantic meeting with someone, or the person met.
  3. noun The sweet, oblong fruit of the date palm.
  4. verb To be in a romantic relationship with someone.
  5. verb To determine the age or time of origin of something.
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