timed

Verb

time (third-person singular simple present times, present participle timing, simple past and past participle timed)

1. (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
   • I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
2. (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
   • The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

   Synonyms:

   set

3. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
   • With oar strokes timing to their song.1861, John Greenleaf Whittier, At Port Royal
4. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
5. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
   • Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses
6. To measure, as in music or harmony.

   Synonyms:

   clock

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