what time

conjunction

When.

“What time is it?”

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Meanings

conjunction
  1. obsoleterareWhen.

    Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile / Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd / The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride / Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host / Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring / To set himself in Glory above his Peers[...].

    1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, page Canto I, line 36
noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, time.

    What time is it?

    5 more examples

    (At) What time does the boss go to lunch?

    Excuse me, what time do you have?

    He told me what time they would be leaving.

    For what time did she order the delivery?

    What times we had at summer camp!

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “what time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20time.

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