Time is a measure of non-stop, constant change in our environment, usually from a particular point of view.
Time is the continuation of events from the past to the present. It is used to describe events in space in three dimensional space. It is not something we can see, touch, or taste, but we can measure its passage.
We have got a nice list of adjective words you can use to specify a period of time. These words will also help you help you describe time taken or time duration whenever you want to compare two people, objects or process.
Adjectives to Describe Time
Following are commonly used words to describe time in writing:
- Ample: Enough or more than enough of what is needed
- Ancient: The history of times long past
- Appointed: If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance
- Bad: Not the right moment to do something or for something to happen
- Considerate: Being polite and caring
- Difficult: Times of trouble, struggle, or unhappiness
- Due: Eventually at an appropriate time
- Early: Before the time that was arranged or expected
- Elapsed: The actual time taken
- Enough: Eventually
- Extra: A further period of play added on to a game if the scores are equal.
- Fast: A period of time characterized by quickly-paced activity, especially involving extravagant or risky conduct
- First: Doing something for the first time
- Full: Occupying or using the whole of the usual working day or week
- Gaining: To cause something to be delayed so that more time is available to do what is needed
- Golden: Something marked by luck, peace, and happiness.
- Good: Intended purely to entertain.
- Hard: He could be facing hard time
- Idle: Can be classified either as normal or abnormal
- Last: The last time I saw him was at his wedding
- Later: At some time subsequent to a given time
- Lead: The time between the initiation and completion of a production process.
- Less: Very soon If we get started now, we’ll be finished in less than no time
- Long: He has tken a long time completing the work
- Longest: The logest ever time taken by anyone
- Lost: He lost his precious time
- Maximum: He is allowed the maximum time to finish this job
- Mean: The time before something happens or before a specified period ends
- Minimum: He has taken minimum time for completing this task
- More: It is more time consuming
- Much: He is much needed of time to complete this work
- Next: Coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking
- Olden: In olden times, people rarely travelled
- Over: Time in excess of a set limit
- Part: For only part of the usual working day or week
- Peak: The time at which the highest numbers of viewers are watching
- Precious: A great time
- Present: Relating to the current period of time
- Proper: Time measured by a clock that has the same motion as the observer
- Same: If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time
- Second: Next after the first; being the ordinal number for two
- Short: Staff have agreed to work on short time
- Shortest: As soon as possible. Without delay
- Slow: Standard time, as distinguished from daylight saving time
- Spare: The time when one is not working
- Sufficient: The amount of time, on average, reasonably required to perform the task with reasonable effectiveness
- Swift: Happening quickly or promptly
- Tough: To have a challenging period during which one struggles to do or cope with something
- Valuable: Having considerable monetary worth
- Wrong: In a situation where something bad happens to you because you are unlucky, not because you do anything wrong
Here are some Time management adjectives to improve one’s efficiency through careful and prudent use of time: organization, planning, efficiency, regulation, scheduling, structure management, standardization, performance, productivity, efficacy, projection, forecasting, preparation etc.
Let us now learn How to use these words in sentences and while we speak :
For Example : “He is really fast”, “This is an Ancient stone”, “I like working slowly”.
You don’t have to worry If you aren’t able to remember all these time period words, You can use this list as a reference till the time you master these time adjectives and get used to writing them in sentences or speaking.
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