times

Etymology

noun

1. plural of time
2. The circumstances of a certain time.
   Modern times are so very different from the past.
   From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013-06-08, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
3. A person's experiences or biography.
   The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.

prep

1. (mathematics) multiplied by
   Four times five is twenty.
   One times one is one.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of time

verb

1. (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
   I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which the answer was 2460 calories... 1994, Harvey Mellar, Learning with artificial worlds: computer-based modelling in the curriculum
   A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […] 1995, Mathematical Association, The Australian mathematics teacher, Volumes 51-53
   Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear. 1998, Psychology of mathematics education, Volume 2
   […] when the denominator was timesed by three, the same had to be done to the numerator; and so on. 1998, W. M. Roth, Designing Communities, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 31