in time

Prepositional phrase

1. At or before the time assigned.
   • I would have died had I not been gottten to hospital in time.

   Synonyms:

   early, on time, promptly

2. Sufficiently early.
   • You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
   • But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891

   Synonyms:

   in good time

3. As time passes.
   • In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
   • He'll understand in time that you were trying to help him.

   Synonyms:

   as time goes by, over time, with the passage of time, with the passing of time, into time, unto time

4. In rhythm.
   • Am I in time with/to the music?
5. At the same rhythm as.
   • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus
6. In the correct tempo.
   • Am I playing in time?

Noun

in time (countable and uncountable, plural in times)

1. Synonym of inpoint.

   Synonyms:

   inpoint

2. (UK, childish) The time when pupils are expected to re-enter the school for lessons.