8.4.4 Telling time

Use this domain for words related to telling time.

  • What words refer to telling time?
    tell time, keep time, mark time, measure time, beat time, register the time, to chronicle
  • What is a written record of times and events called?
    chronology, chronicle, record, history
  • What is a person called who keeps time?
    timekeeper
  • What words indicate a particular time?
    (In written English we use a semicolon to separate the hour from the minute: 5:00.)