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How to pronounce times in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms multiplication
Type of arithmetic operation


four times three equals twelve.
Type Words
Type of time period, period, period of time
Has types modern world, roman times, present times, contemporary world, modern times


it was a sign of the times.

Examples of times

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We were turning the ball over too many times and shooting ourselves in the foot.
From the dailyherald.com
The pair walk together several times a week and play together like fast friends.
From the abcnews.go.com
Top-ranked Georgia had nearly four times as many entrepreneurs, 590 per 100,000.
From the stltoday.com
Schools were getting enriched at times when student borrowing hit record levels.
From the stltoday.com
All games will be played Saturday, at different times than originally scheduled.
From the newsday.com
The lead was 14-0 before the Cornhuskers offense had snapped the ball six times.
From the thenewstribune.com
He is a steady stay-at-home D-man, but at times a little careless with the puck.
From the thenewstribune.com
The defense, though ragged at times, still revolves around center Dwight Howard.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Early mornings and late afternoons have been the most productive times, he said.
From the news-journalonline.com
More examples
  • A more or less definite period of time now or previously present; "it was a sign of the times"
  • Multiplication: 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"
  • (time) an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
  • (time) clock: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"
  • (time) a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
  • Assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
  • The Tournament In Management and Engineering Skills (TIMES) is the only European-wide business case competition of its kind, and has been organised for fifteen years.
  • The Times was a midweek current affairs program on the Seven Network hosted by Paul Barry. It aired from March 1994 until November 1995.
  • The Times are a British, 1980s-90s, independent band, the brainchild of Ed Ball, co-founder member of the Television Personalities, Teenage Filmstars and 'O' Level.