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Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation - Horse Racing (gambling)

A charitable organization, established in 1989, which combined the Grayson Foundation (established 1940) and The Jockey Club Research Foundation (established 1982). The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation is devoted to equine medical research.

time(2) (iou)

time noun.
[Old English tima = Old Norse timi time, good time, prosperity, from Germanic, from base of TIDE noun, which was superseded by time in the strictly temporal senses.]
I.
A finite extent of continued existence; e.g. the interval between two events, or the period during which an action or state continues; a period referred to in some way. OE.
A. Radcliffe Annette..was absent a considerable time. G. Borrow I will lead you to Finisterre in no time. B. Jowett All times of mental progress are times of confusion. I. Murdoch For some time I stood as one enchanted in the middle of the room. W. Trevor The time taken had been half a minute.
b. In biblical translations: a space of time, usu. taken to be a year. LME.
c. ellipt. A long time. M19.
J. le Carre My God, you've been a time!
sing. & (now usu.) in pl. A period in history, a period in the existence of the world; an age, an era; the time(s), the present age, the age being considered. OE.
E. A. Freeman An act which ran counter to the religious feelings of the time. W. C. Smith A folly,..A superstition of these modern times. New Scientist Leaves..which Egyptians have used to treat..diseases since ancient times.
With possess. or of: the period contemporary with the person specified. OE.
Wordsworth In great Eliza's golden time.
A period of existence or action; spec. a person's lifetime. OE.
Shakespeare As You Like It One man in his time plays many parts. A. Thirkell I've seen some rum places in my time.
b. The period of a woman's Pregnancy or an animal's gestation. Cf. sense 13 below. OE.
c. sing. & (usu.) in pl. A woman's periods; menstruation. M16.
d. A person's term of apprenticeship. M17.
e. Fencing. The period of initiation and performance of an action, e.g. an opportunity to attack given by an opponent's making of a movement. E18.
f. A period of imprisonment. Chiefly in do time. slang. L18.
Length of time sufficient, necessary, or desired; available time, time at one's disposal; Broadcasting time in a transmission that can be bought, e.g. for advertising. ME.
P. Inchbald After work tonight? I can't keep doing this in the firm's time. P. Marshall She needed some time to herself. G. Tindall Not that I would have had time to read them.
b. Length of time taken to run a race or complete an event; progress in a race or journey. M19.
O. S. Nock A continuation..of longer locomotive workings, shorter turn-round times at running sheds.
sing. & (usu.) in pl. The prevailing conditions of a period or a person's life. Freq. in phrs. & (in pl.) in titles of newspapers. L15.
J. H. Newman When times grew cold and unbelieving. B. Dylan The times they are a-changin'.
An experience of a specified (good, bad, etc.) Nature; (without specification) a good or bad experience of some duration; N. Amer. a party, a wildly enjoyable time; US colloq. a fuss (only in make a time). E16.
E. Waugh Imagine what a time we've had with reporters and people. R. Macaulay Maurice and she had had good times together.
a. Music. Orig., the duration of a breve relative to that of a semibreve. Later, the duration of a note; the rhythm of a piece of Music, as shown by division into bars and expressed by a time signature; the rate at which a piece is performed, the tempo; the characteristic rhythm and tempo of a particular kind of composition. M16.
Listener The first theme of the..opening movement, expounded in three-four time. W. Golding Musicians began to play, catching the time from the dancers.
b. Military. The rate of marching, expressed as so many paces per minute. E19.
Classical Prosody. A unit of time measurement. L16.
Pay for a period of time spent working. L18.
Daily Telegraph They want holiday pay, at..single time, increased to time and a third.
II. Time when: a point in time; a space of time treated without ref. to duration.
a. A recognizable part of the year, the cycle of seasons, or the day; a point in the moon's age. OE.
daytime, holiday time, night-time, springtime, summertime, etc.
T. Hook Showers of rain, unseasonable at the time of year.
b. A point in the course of a period, esp. a day (expressed by hours and minutes past midnight or noon). ME.
V. Woolf He took out his..watch and told her the time. J. Braine 'Good evening,' she said. 'Have you the time please?'
c. A season considered with Reference to the weather experienced; weather. rare. LME-E16.
A point in time marking or marked by some event or condition; a point when something happens, an occasion. OE.
J. Conrad I interrupted again and this time bitterly. I. Murdoch By the time we got back..it was nearly dark. G. Greene There are times..when Shakespeare is a little dull. N. Mosley Christian attitudes at the time of the Crusades.
A moment or (short) period appointed for a particular purpose or event; the due or proper time; ellipt. the date or time at which a woman gives birth (cf. sense 4b above); the date or time of a person's death. OE.
J. L. Waten Sunday afternoon was our time for Entertaining. Dylan Thomas Half past eleven is opening time. J. Wain The time had come for him to take control.
b. The moment when a boxing bout is due to begin or end. E19.
c. The moment when a public house is legally obliged to stop selling drink. E20.
T. S. Eliot Hurry up please its time.
A favourable, convenient, or appropriate time for doing something; the right moment or occasion; an opportunity. OE.
Practical Gardening This..was the time to..plant a chamomile path.
Each occasion of a recurring action. ME.
D. Hammett Twice Mimi started to say something, but each time broke off to listen. G. Boycott I lost count of how many times I changed batting gloves. G. M. Fraser I went up the steps..four at a time.
In pl. preceded by a cardinal numeral.
a. Followed by a number or an expression of quantity: expr. the multiplication of the latter by the former. LME.
M. E. G. Duff Territories..more than twenty-one times the size of Scotland.
b. Followed by an adjective or adverb in the compar. degree, or in the positive by as (formerly so) with an adjective or adverb: expr. comparison. M16.
Engineer Rear tyres can last between two and four times as long.
Grammar. The tense of a verb. LME-E17.
Horsemanship. A single completed motion or action of a horse's movement. M18.
III. In generalized sense.
Duration conceived as having a beginning and an end; finite duration as distinct from eternity. ME.
Sporting Magazine That famous horse..whose excellence..will be, perhaps, transmitted to the end of time.
Indefinite continuous duration regarded as that in which the sequence of events takes place. LME.
E. H. Porter The doctor..said that time alone could tell. X. Fielding An outlaw whom the passage of time had glamourized. L. Payne I worked swiftly. Time was not on my side.
A basis of reckoning time based on the occurrence of noon at a particular place or meridian. Freq. with preceding place-name. E18.
Atlantic Time, Central Time, Greenwich Mean Time, local time, etc.
Phrases etc.: about time approximately the appropriate or expected time; iron. long past such a time; freq. with ellipsis of be, this is long overdue (also about time too). against time: see AGAINST preposition. ahead of one's time having ideas too enlightened or too advanced to be accepted by one's contemporaries. ahead of time sooner than expected or due. all in good time: see GOOD adjective. all the time (a) constantly, continually; at all times; (b) during the whole of the period referred to (freq. implying a contrary expectation). all the time in the world plenty of time, more time than is needed. apparent solar time, apparent time: see APPARENT adjective 4. arrow of time: see ARROW noun 1. at a time (a) at the same time, simultaneously; at one time; esp. in successive groups of a specified number each (one at a time, singly, one by one); (b) rare (Shakes.), at times, occasionally. a time (a specified price) on each occasion or for each item. at one time (a) in or during an unspecified period; once, formerly; at one time and another, at one time with another, on various occasions; (b) at a time, simultaneously. at that point in time at that particular moment, then. at the best of times: see BEST adjective etc. at the same time (a) during the same period, at the same moment; simultaneously; (b) nevertheless, however. at this moment in time, at this point in time at this particular moment, now. at times occasionally, intermittently. at what time, what time when (now only (exc. poet.) interrog.), esp. as specified in hours and minutes (time of the clock). beat time: see BEAT verb1 17. before one's time prematurely. behind the times old-fashioned, out of date. behind time: see BEHIND preposition 5. BETWEEN times. big time: see BIG adjective. borrowed time: see BORROW verb1. by process of time: see PROCESS noun. by times (a) in good time, early; = BETIMES; (b) at various times; now and then. common time: see COMMON adjective. compound time: see COMPOUND adjective. dead time: see DEAD adjective etc. do time: see sense 4f above. double time: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. equation of time: see EQUATION 4. every time: see EVERY adjective 1. extra time: see EXTRA adjective. Father Time time personified as an old man carrying a scythe and an hourglass, and bald except for a forelock. for all time for ever. for old times' sake: see SAKE noun1. for the first time, for the second time: see FOR preposition. for the time being: see BE. from time to time: see FROM preposition. full time: see FULL adjective. give a person the time of day colloq. exchange a greeting or casual remarks with a person. give a person time be patient with a person, esp. in expectation of a change or achievement; usu. in imper. go with the times: see GO verb. half the time colloq. as often as not. have a good time: see GOOD adjective. have a lot of time for, have no time for colloq. have much (or no) respect, admiration, or liking for (a person). have a time of it undergo trouble or difficulty. have the time (a) be able to spend the time needed (to do, for); (b) know from a watch etc. what time it is; (c) have the time of one's life: see LIFE noun. high old time: see a high old time s.v. HIGH adjective, adverb, & noun. in good time: see GOOD adjective. in jig time: see JIG noun1. in less than no time: see LESS adjective etc. in no time = in less than no time above. in one's own good time at a time and rate of one's own choosing. in one's own time outside working hours. in process of time: see PROCESS noun. in the nick of time, in the very nick of time: see NICK noun1. in time (a) sooner or later, eventually; (b) soon or early enough, not too late; (c) Music in the correct rhythm and tempo; (d) US colloq. = on earth s.v. EARTH noun1. it takes a person all his or her time colloq. it presents a person with great difficulties, it requires great effort from a person (to do). just in time: see JUST adverb. keep good time, keep bad time, etc., (of a timepiece) show (or not show) the passage of time accurately, neither gaining nor losing; (of a person) be (or not be) habitually punctual. keep time (a) Music mark rhythm by one's movements; (of a performer) adhere to the correct rhythm and tempo of the Music; keep pace with a measure or another performer; (b) = keep good time above. know the time of day colloq. be well informed. long time (no see): see LONG adjective1. lose no time act promptly (in doing). make a time: see sense 7 above. make good time: see MAKE verb. make time: see MAKE verb. many a time on many occasions, in many instances; often. many a time and oft, many a time and often arch. = many a time above. many's the time (with following clause) = many a time above. mark time: see MARK verb. mean solar time, mean time: see MEAN adjective2. move with the times: see MOVE verb. nick of time: see NICK noun1. nine times out of ten: see NINE adjective. not before time not soon enough, long overdue. not give a person the time of day colloq. not help or cooperate with a person, be offhand with a person. no time colloq. a very short interval (see also in less than no time s.v. LESS adjective). on time (a) punctually; (b) N. Amer. on credit. once upon a time: see ONCE adverb etc. one at a time: see at a time (a) above. out of one's time in an era unsympathetic to one's attitudes, aspirations, etc. out of time (a) at an inappropriate time; (b) after the prescribed period has elapsed, too late; knock out of time in boxing, disable (an opponent) so that he cannot resume fighting before the end of the count or the round; gen. thoroughly overcome; (c) Music not in time. out-of-time adjective unseasonable. over time during a period of time, gradually. pass the time of day: see PASS verb. play for time: see PLAY verb. pressed for time short of time, in a hurry. quadruple time: see QUADRUPLE adjective. quick time: see QUICK adjective & adverb. real time: see REAL adjective2. serve one's time, serve the time, serve time: see SERVE verb1. sign of the times: see SIGN noun. simple time: see SIMPLE adjective. slow time: see SLOW adjective & adverb. snatch one's time: see SNATCH verb 2. solar time: see SOLAR adjective1. standard time: see STANDARD noun & adjective. stand the test of time: see TEST noun1. take one's time allow oneself enough time, proceed without hurry; be too long in doing something. take time by the forelock: see FORELOCK noun1. the nick of time, the very nick of time: see NICK noun1. this long time: see LONG adjective1. time about (chiefly Scot. & north.) alternately, in turns. time after time on many occasions, repeatedly. time and again: see AGAIN adverb 4. time and a half a rate of pay at one and a half times the normal rate. time and tide [alliterative redupl.] time; now rare exc. in proverbial phrs. time and time again: see AGAIN adverb 4. time enough soon enough, sufficiently early. time immemorial Law (since) a time up to the beginning of the reign of Richard I in 1189; gen. = time out of mind (a) below. time of day (a) the time (in hours and minutes) as shown by clocks and watches; colloq. a point or stage in a period or course of events; (b) slang the prevailing aspect of affairs; the right way of doing something. time off time away from one's work, school, etc., when one can rest or take recreation; time taken off the length of a prison sentence. time of ignorance: see IGNORANCE 1b. time of life a person's age; spec. the age when a woman's menopause is likely; middle age. time of one's life a period or occasion of exceptional enjoyment. time on one's hands time in which a person has nothing to do. time out (chiefly N. Amer.) (a) time that is not counted towards the duration of a game; (b) time off from an occupation, activity, etc.; (see also time-out below). time out of mind (a) (since or for) a longer time than anyone can remember or trace, (for) a very long (past) time (cf. time immemorial above); (b) on many occasions, many times. time's arrow: see ARROW noun 1. times without number = many a time above. time was there was a time (when). to time (a) for ever; (b) within prescribed time-limits. triple time: see TRIPLE adjective & adverb. two times (table), three times (table), etc., the multiplication table of the number specified. unity of time: see UNITY noun1 8. what time: see at what time above. withstand the test of time: see TEST noun1.
Comb.: time adverbial Linguistics: expressing time; time-and-motion adjective designating, of, or pertaining to a study concerned with measuring the Efficiency of industrial and Other operations; time average Physics & Math.: evaluated over a period of time; time-ball a sphere which at a certain moment each day is allowed to fall down a vertical rod placed in a prominent position, so as to give an accurate indication of time; time-bargain a contract for the sale or purchase of goods or stock at an agreed price at a certain future date; time-barred adjective disqualified or invalid by reason of arriving or being presented after the expiry of a time-limit; time base Electronics a signal for uniformly and repeatedly deflecting the electron beam of a cathode-ray tube; a line on the display produced in this way and serving as a time axis; (also time-base generator) a circuit for generating such a signal; time-bill a timetable of trains, buses, etc.; time bomb (a) a bomb timed to explode at a pre-set time; (b) Computing a series of instructions hidden in a program so as to be executed at a particular time, usually with deleterious results; time capsule a box etc. containing a selection of objects chosen as representative of life at a particular time, and buried for discovery in the future; time charter an agreement to charter a ship for a certain period of time, the charterer being responsible for its loading and unloading; time check an act of stating or ascertaining the exact time, esp. over the air; time clock (a) a clock with a mechanism for recording employees' times of arrival and departure; (b) a clock which can be set to switch an appliance on or off at pre-set times; time code a coded signal on videotape or Film giving information about frame number, time of recording or exposure, scene, camera, etc.; time constant Physics & Engineering the time taken by an exponentially varying quantity to change by a factor 11/e (approx. 0.6321), regarded as a parameter of the system in which the variation occurs; a time taken as representative of the speed of response of a system; time-consuming adjective taking up a lot of time; time-course the period of time in which something happens or over which something is monitored; time-delay a time-lag, esp. one that has been deliberately introduced; time deposit (a deposit in) a bank account from which money cannot be drawn before a set date or for which notice of withdrawal is required; time depth Linguistics the length of time that something has existed or since which it first arose; time dilatation Science the relativistic slowing down of the passage of time in a frame of Reference moving relative to the observer; time-division adjective (Telecommunications) designating a technique in which a number of signals are transmitted successively in quick rotation over the same channel; time domain time considered as an independent variable in the analysis or measurement of time-dependent phenomena (freq. attrib.); time domain REFLECTOMETER; time-expired adjective whose term of engagement has expired; (of a convict) whose term of sentence has expired; (of perishable goods) of which the term of safe storage has expired; time exposure Photography exposure for a relatively long time, esp. one in which the shutter is closed by a separate operation after it is opened; time factor the passage of time as setting a limit on what can be achieved; time-fellow arch. a contemporary; Timeform Racing (proprietary name for) a numerical rating based on past performance given to racehorses by the periodical Timeform; time-frame a limited and established period of time during which an event etc. took place or is planned to take place; time-fuse: set to burn out after a predetermined length of time; time hit Fencing a hit made on a time thrust; time-honoured adjective revered or respected on account of long existence; time-killer a person who or thing which kills time; an amusement, a diversion; time-lag: see LAG noun2 4b; time-lapse adjective & noun (designating or pertaining to) a technique of taking a sequence of photographs at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly; time-limit the limit of time within which a task must be done or an event happen; time lock a lock with a timer which prevents its being unlocked until a set time; time machine an imaginary machine capable of transporting a person backwards or forwards in time; time-notice a notice given a definite time beforehand; time-of-flight adjective (Physics) designating techniques and apparatus that depend on the time taken by subatomic particles to traverse a set distance; time-out (a) (chiefly US) a usually brief break in play in a game; (b) Computing a cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring; (see also time out in Phrases above); time ownership = TIME-SHARING 2; time-payment (a) payment by instalments; (b) payment on the basis of time worked; time pencil a type of delayed-action firing-switch or detonator for setting off explosive devices; time policy an insurance policy providing cover for a specified period of time only; time-rate (a) rate in time; (b) rate of payment on the basis of time worked; time-release adjective denoting something, esp. a drug preparation, that releases an active substance gradually; time-resolved adjective (Chemistry & Physics) produced by or pertaining to a spectroscopic technique in which a spectrum is obtained at a series of time intervals after excitation of the sample; time reversal Physics a transformation in which the passage of time, and so all velocities, are represented as reversed (time reversal invariance, invariance of laws of Nature under this transformation); time-saver a thing that saves a lot of time; time-scale the time allowed for or taken by a sequence of events; time-series a series of values of a quantity obtained at successive times (often with equal intervals between them); time-series analysis, the statistical analysis of such series; time-served adjective having completed a period of apprenticeship or Training; time-server a person who adapts his or her conduct or views to suit prevailing circumstances, Fashion, etc.; time-serving noun & adjective (a) noun the action or conduct of a time-server; (b) adjective behaving like a time-server, temporizing; time-servingness the character of being a time-server; time sheet a paper for recording the names of workers and the hours they work; time-shift noun & verb (a) noun a shift in time; (b) verb trans. make a Video recording of (a Television programme) in order to watch it at a more convenient time; time signal an audible or visible signal to indicate the exact time of day; esp. that broadcast by the BBC at certain times; time signature Music a sign placed at the beginning of a piece of Music or where the time changes to show the rhythm, consisting of a fraction whose denominator defines a note (in terms of the number in a semibreve) and whose numerator gives the number of such notes in a bar; time slice Computing each of the short intervals of time during which a computer or its central processor deals uninterruptedly with one user or program, before switching to another; time-slicing the division of processor running time into a succession of short intervals that are allocated in turn to different users or programs; time slot a portion of time allocated to a purpose or person, esp. to an individual broadcast programme; time-span the full extent of a thing in time; time-spirit = ZEITGEIST; times table a multiplication table (cf. sense 16a above); time-stamp noun & verb (a) noun (the impression made by) a device for stamping documents with the date and time of receipt; (b) verb trans. mark with a time-stamp; time-stratigraphic adjective (Geology) = CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC; time study a time-and-motion study; the close observation of industrial or Other processes with a view to introducing more efficient procedures; time switch a switch that acts automatically at a pre-set time; time-taking adjective that takes time; leisurely, slow; time thrust Fencing a counter-stroke made during an opponent's attack, preventing the opponent from scoring from it; time train the set of wheels that turn the hands of a clock or watch; time-traveller a person who travels into the past or the future; time-travelling the (imagined) activity of travelling into the past or future; time trial a test of individual speed over a set distance; a race in which competitors are separately timed; time warp an imaginary or hypothetical distortion of space-time that causes or enables a person to remain stationary in time or to Travel backwards or forwards in time; time-work work which is paid for by the time it takes; time-worn adjective impaired by age; time zone a range of longitudes throughout which the same standard time is adopted, differing from GMT by a whole number of hours.
timelike adjective (Physics) designating or relating to an interval between two points in space-time that lie inside one another's light cones (so that a signal or observer can pass from one to another) E20.

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