[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/times.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / times [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/T/) # times «times» in Mova's school dictionary: **put together: «5 times 6» means 5 × 6** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (in «N times»; time, times); preposition (in «5 times 6»); verb (time, times, timed — to measure how long) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Times tells how many copies of a number are put together: «5 times 6» means 5 × 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m1) 2) Times tells how often something happens: «I rang 4 times». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m2) 3) Times can mean periods in history or life: «in old times», «hard times». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m3) 4) To time something is to measure how long it takes: «She times the race». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m4) 5) (casual) «Times» can mean a good or bad experience: «good times!»; «loads of times» means very often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m5) 6) (rude) «How many times do I have to tell you?» shows anger, not a real question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m6) 7) (formal) Exams say «multiplied by», «the product of», «-fold» («threefold»), «on N occasions» and «a multiple of». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#m7) ### sense in the lessons «three times as many»: three copies of another count; the sign × is read «times»; times tables list products; phrases: «times as many as», «times tables», «many times», «at times» (sometimes), «three times a day», «behind the times» (old-fashioned); in casual talk «good times», «loads of times», «a million times» (very often, not really a million); in rough talk «how many times do I gotta tell ya?»; in the exam voice «multiplied by», «the product of», «on four occasions», «increase threefold» ### examples - Ben has 3 times as many cards as Zoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x1) - Mia rang the bell 4 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x2) - What is 5 times 6? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x3) - I know my 9 times table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x4) - Take the medicine three times a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x5) - In old times, people wrote with feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x6) - At times the wind was very strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x7) - I've told you a million times, it's 7 times 8 is 56. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x8) - How many times do I gotta say it? 12, not 13! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x9) - Good times, mate, see ya next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x10) - Compute the product of 7 and 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x11) - The bell was sounded on four occasions; state the number of rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x12) - Those times were not like ours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/#x13) ### note «K times as many as N» is N × K. Trap: «3 times more» is read as × 3 here, and «N times» alone may just count events. «once» = 1 time, «twice» = 2 times, «thrice» = 3 times. «a million times» in talk means very often, not 1,000,000. «the product of» and «multiplied by» in an exam mean times. ### In the corpora - [Hard times are also when scammers strike, with messages that look urgent and real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/4/) - [Babies wear nappies, which are changed six to ten times a day, and nappy cream stops sore skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/16/) - [Repeat a guess enough times and it sticks to a person like a label.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/2/) - [One event is often shown many times on different channels and phones; ten showings of a bombed building are still one building.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/10/) - [AI is good at the usual cases it has seen many times and often weak at unusual or brand-new ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «times» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/times/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.