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time homograph 1

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

an hour · a lesson, a class · an appointment

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt tími ‘tid, gang’ Old Norse tími 'time, occasion'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. tidsavsnitt på 60 minutter a period of 60 minutes
    • vente i flere timer to wait for several hours
    • timene gikk the hours passed
    • han reiser om noen timer he's leaving in a few hours
    • tjene 165 kr i timen to earn 165 kroner an hour
    • en drøy time a good hour
    • ligge våken i time etter time to lie awake hour after hour
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som arbeidstimea working hour, a man-hour, halvtimehalf an hour, kilowattimea kilowatt-hour, klokketimea full hour, a clock hour
  2. brukt i genitiv for å angi varighet: used in the genitive to indicate duration:
    • det er tre timers kjøring til hytta it's a three-hour drive to the cabin
    • foredraget varer en times tid the lecture lasts about an hour
    • få seg noen timers søvn to get a few hours' sleep
  3. undervisningsøkta teaching session, a lesson, oftest på 40 eller 45 minutter a school lessonundervisningsøkt, usually of 40 or 45 minutes
    • bråke i timen to make noise in class
    • komme for sent til timen to be late for class
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som norsktimea Norwegian lesson, a Norwegian class, skoletimea school lesson, a period, a class, spilletimea music lesson, undervisningstimea lesson, a teaching period, a class
  4. ubestemt tidsrom;
    stund (1)a while, tid (3)a moment     an indefinite period of time;
    a whilestund (1), a momenttid (3)
    • jeg trodde min siste time var kommet I thought my final hour had come
    • hans lykkeligste time his happiest hour
    • oppgjørets time nærmet seg the hour of reckoning was drawing near
  5. avtale (I, 2)an appointment der en mottar en tjeneste eller behandling an appointmentavtale (I, 2) at which one receives a service or treatment
    • bestille time hos frisøren to book an appointment at the hairdresser's
    • jeg har time hos legen kl. to I have an appointment with the doctor at two o'clock
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som legetimea doctor's appointment, tannlegetimea dentist's appointment

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

de små timer timene etter midnatt the hours after midnight Eng. phrasethe small hours
  • dansen varte ut i de små timer the dancing went on into the small hours
  • de festet inn i de små timer they partied into the small hours
i ellevte time i siste øyeblikk;
i siste liten at the last moment;
at the last minute Eng. phraseat the eleventh hour
  • angrepet ble avverget i ellevte time the attack was averted at the eleventh hour
i tolvte time i siste øyeblikk at the last moment Eng. phraseat the eleventh hour
på timen øyeblikkelig immediately Eng. phraseon the spot
sove i timen gå glipp av eller overse noe sentralt to miss or overlook something crucial Eng. phraseto be asleep at the wheel
  • lovforslaget viser at regjeringa har sovet i timen the bill shows that the government has been asleep at the wheel
time for time
  1. mens tiden går as time passes Eng. phrasehour by hour
    • vannet stiger time for time the water rises hour by hour
  2. med hyppige oppdateringer with frequent updates Eng. phrasehour by hour
    • vi følger situasjonen time for time we are following the situation hour by hour
time ut og time inn i mange timer for many hours Eng. phrasehour in, hour out
  • sitte time ut og time inn med et puslespill to sit hour after hour with a jigsaw puzzle