time's

Owned by the clock

Time's is the possessive or contracted form of time.

As a possessive, it indicates something belonging to or associated with time: time's passage, time's relentless march.

As a contraction of "time is" or "time has," it appears in expressions like time's up (time has expired) or time's running out.

passage

arrow

Pointed shaft for shooting

  • flightAerial journey by aircraft
  • marchRhythmic group walk
  • flowUnbroken forward movement

river · passing · course · progression · erosion · healing · wounds · ravages · toll · wear

measurement

keeper

One who guards

sundial · calendar · stopwatch · chronometer · duration · length · span · interval · segment · marking

possession

fleeting

Passing very quickly

stolen · wasted · remaining · allotted · spare · valuable · running out · yours · ours · theirs

personification

hand

Grasping body part

  • touchPerceiving through physical contact
  • embraceHold closely in arms
  • gripSecure manual hold

grasp · mercy · judgment · wisdom · fool · friend · enemy · master · servant · thief

Opposites
grammatical form

time'stimes

Occurrences or multiplications

time

temporal vs. spatial possession

time'seternity's

Belonging to infinite time

space's · place's · location's

Phrases
Family

time, times, timeless, timer, timely, timed, timetable, untimely, overtime

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G