in time

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in time

1. At or before the time assigned.

   I would have died had I not been gottten to hospital in time.

2. (with for) Sufficiently early.

   You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.

   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     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.

3. As time passes.

   In time, it got easier to deal with her death.

4. In rhythm.

   Am I in time (to/with the music)?

5. (in time with) At the same rhythm as.
   • 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:

     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.

6. (music) In the correct tempo.

• (at or before the time assigned): early, on time, promptly
• (sufficiently early (for)):
• (as time passes): as time goes by, over time, with the passage of time, with the passing of time, into time, unto time

• (antonym(s) of “at or before the time assigned”): behind time, late
• (antonym(s) of “sufficiently early (for)”): late, too late
• (antonym(s) of “as time passes”): all at once, never

• a stitch in time, a stitch in time saves nine
• just in time
• in time with

in time (countable and uncountable, plural in times)

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

   Coordinate terms: breaktime, hometime, playtime

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