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72 PHRASE If you have the time of your life , you enjoy yourself very much indeed. □  We're taking our little grandchild away with us. We'll make sure he has the time of his life.

73 PHRASE If you say there is no time to lose or no time to be lost , you mean you must hurry as fast as you can to do something. □  He rushed home, realising there was no time to lose.

74 PHRASE If you say that time will tell whether something is true or correct, you mean that it will not be known until some time in the future whether it is true or correct. □  Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.

75 PHRASE If you waste no time in doing something, you take the opportunity to do it immediately or quickly. □  Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.

76time and again → see again

77in the fullness of time → see fullness USAGE time

1Time is usually an uncountable noun, so don’t use ‘a’ with it. Don’t say, for example, ‘ I haven’t got a time to go shopping ’. Say ‘I haven’t got time to go shopping’. □  Have you got time for tea?

2 You don’t usually use ‘time’ when you are saying how long something takes or lasts. Don’t say, for example, ‘ Each song lasts ten minutes’ time ’. Say ‘Each song lasts ten minutes ’. □  The whole process takes twenty-five years .

ti me and mo |tion N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] A time and motion study is a study of the way that people do a particular job, or the way they work in a particular place in order to discover the most efficient methods of working.

ti me bomb (time bombs ) also time-bomb

1 N‑COUNT A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time.

2 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] If you describe something as a time bomb , you mean that it is likely to have a serious effect on a person or situation at a later date, especially if you think it will cause a lot of damage. □  This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election.

ti me-consuming also time consuming ADJ If something is time-consuming , it takes a lot of time. □  It's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data.

ti me frame (time frames ) N‑COUNT The time frame of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops. [FORMAL ] □  The time frame within which all this occurred was from September 1985 to March 1986.

ti me-honoured ADJ [ADJ n] A time-honoured tradition or way of doing something is one that has been used and respected for a very long time. □  There is a time-honoured tradition of British actors moving to the US.

time|keeper /ta I mkiːpə ^r / (timekeepers ) also time-keeper

1 N‑COUNT A timekeeper is a person or an instrument that records or checks the time.

2 N‑COUNT If you say that someone is a good timekeeper , you mean that they usually arrive on time for things. If you say that they are a poor timekeeper , you mean that they are often late. [BRIT ]

time|keeping /ta I mkiːp I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT [adj N ] If you talk about someone's timekeeping , you are talking about how good they are at arriving in time for things. [BRIT ] □  I am trying to improve my timekeeping.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Timekeeping is the process or activity of timing an event or series of events. □  Who did the timekeeping?

ti me lag (time lags ) also time-lag N‑COUNT [usu sing] A time lag is a fairly long interval of time between one event and another related event that happens after it. □ [+ between ] …the time-lag between theoretical research and practical applications.