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times

tymz
prep
1
Multiplied by.
"Four times five equals twenty."
verb
1
To multiply.
"Time the two numbers together to get the total."
name
1
Used as part of the name of many newspapers, most famously The Times.
"She read about it in The New York Times."

How to Use Times

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsed in maths to mean "multiplied by", and also the plural of "time".

Word Forms

timesed past tense, timeses singular

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Etymology

The multiplication sense comes from the idea of repeating something a given number of "times".

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