Meanings
- Sufficiently early.
You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
1 more example
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 8891Synonyms: in good time
- As time passes.
In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
1 more example
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
- In rhythm.
Am I in time with/to the music?
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSufficiently early.
prepositional phraseAs time passes.
nounSynonym of inpoint.
antonym(s) of “at or before the time assigned”
antonym(s) of “sufficiently early (for)”
antonym(s) of “as time passes”
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwithin an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
adverbwithout being tardy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَعَ الْوَقْت
- مَعَ الْوَقْت (maʕa l-waqt)as time passes
Catalan a temps, a temps
- a tempsat or before the time assigned
- a tempssufficiently early (for something)
Chinese Mandarin 合拍
- 合拍 (hépāi)in rhythm
Czech včas
- včassufficiently early (for something)
Dutch op tijd, op tijd
- op tijdat or before the time assigned
- op tijdsufficiently early (for something)
- mettertijdas time passes
Esperanto ĝustatempe, ĝustatempe
- ĝustatempeat or before the time assigned
- ĝustatempesufficiently early (for something)
Finnish ajoissa, sopivasti
- ajoissaat or before the time assigned
- sopivastisufficiently early (for something)
- sopivaan aikaansufficiently early (for something)
- ajan mittaanas time passes
- tahdissain rhythm
- tahdissaat the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
- samassa tahdissaat the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
- tahdissamusic: in the correct tempo
French à l'heure, à temps
- à l'heureat or before the time assigned
- à tempsat or before the time assigned
- en temps et en heureat or before the time assigned
- à tempssufficiently early (for something)
- avec le tempsas time passes
- en rythmein rhythm
- en rythmeat the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
- en rythmemusic: in the correct tempo
German rechtzeitig, rechtzeitig
- rechtzeitigat or before the time assigned
- rechtzeitigsufficiently early (for something)
- mit der Zeitas time passes
- im Taktin rhythm
- Im Taktat the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
Hebrew עִם הַזְּמָן
- עִם הַזְּמָן (im hazmán)as time passes
Hungarian időben, időre
- időbenat or before the time assigned
- időreat or before the time assigned
- időbensufficiently early (for something)
- idejébensufficiently early (for something)
- idővelas time passes
Icelandic á réttum tíma, tímanlega
- á réttum tímaat or before the time assigned
- tímanlegasufficiently early (for something)
- með tímanumas time passes
Irish in am, in am
- in amat or before the time assigned
- in amsufficiently early (for something)
- le himeacht aimsireas time passes
Italian in tempo, con l'andare del tempo
- in tempoat or before the time assigned
- con l'andare del tempoas time passes
- a suo tempoas time passes
- a tempomusic: in the correct tempo
Latin temporī, tempore
- temporīat or before the time assigned
- temporeat or before the time assigned
Norwegian Bokmål i tide, tidsnok
- i tideat or before the time assigned
- tidsnokat or before the time assigned
Polish na czas, o czasie
- na czasat or before the time assigned
- o czasieat or before the time assigned
- w samą poręsufficiently early (for something)
- w sam czassufficiently early (for something)
- z czasemas time passes
- w rytmiein rhythm
Portuguese a tempo, a tempo
- a tempoat or before the time assigned
- a temposufficiently early (for something)
- no tempoin rhythm
- no ritmoin rhythm
Romanian la timp, în timp util
- la timpat or before the time assigned
- în timp utilat or before the time assigned
- cu timpulas time passes
Russian во́время, своевре́менно
- во́время (vóvremja)at or before the time assigned
- своевре́менно (svojevrémenno)at or before the time assigned
- как раз (kak raz)sufficiently early (for something)
- со вре́менем (so vrémenem)as time passes
- постепе́нно (postepénno)as time passes
Spanish a tiempo, a tiempo
- a tiempoat or before the time assigned
- a tiemposufficiently early (for something)
- con el pasar del tiempoas time passes
- al compásin rhythm
- al compásat the same rhythm as (with someone/something)
- al pasomusic: in the correct tempo
Swedish i tid, i tid
- i tidat or before the time assigned
- i tidsufficiently early (for something)
- med tidenas time passes
Turkish vaktinde, zamanında
- vaktindeat or before the time assigned
- zamanındaat or before the time assigned
- zamanlaas time passes
Welsh mewn pryd
- mewn prydat or before the time assigned
Cite this entry
in time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20time
“in time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20time. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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