timed

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to decide that something will happen at a particular time:

[ + to infinitive ] We timed our trip to coincide with my cousin's wedding.

to arrange something so that it happens at the best possible time:

If you time your departure carefully, you should be able to miss the worst of the traffic.

The girls' basketball team won the game with a perfectly timed shot (= one played at exactly the right moment), just before the buzzer.

to measure how long it takes for something to happen or for someone to do something:

Will you time me to see how long it takes me to swim a length?