Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. RELATIVE TIME
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_1. Time with reference to Succession_
#116. Priority.—N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence,
pre-existence; precession &c. 280; precursor &c. 64; the past &c. 122;
premises. V. precede, come before; forerun; go before &c. (lead) 280;
preexist; dawn; presage &c. 511; herald, usher in. be beforehand &c.
(be early) 132; steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the
start, gain the start. Adj. prior, previous; preceding, precedent;
anterior, antecedent; pre- existing, pre-existent; former, foregoing;
aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned; aforesaid, said;
introductory &c. (precursory) 64. Adv. before, prior to; earlier;
previously &c. adj.; afore[obs3], aforehand[obs3], beforehand, ere,
theretofore, erewhile[obs3]; ere then, ere now, before then, before
now; erewhile[obs3], already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of. Phr.
prior tempore prior jure[Lat].
#117. Posteriority.—N. posteriority; succession, sequence;
following &c. 281.; subsequence, supervention; futurity &c. 121;
successor; sequel &c. 65; remainder, reversion. V. follow &c. 281
after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step
into the shoes of. Adj. subsequent, posterior, following, after, later,
succeeding, postliminious[obs3], postnate[obs3]; postdiluvial[obs3],
postdiluvian[obs3]; puisne|!; posthumous; future &c. 121; afterdinner,
postprandial. Adv. subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a
subsequent, at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel,
close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons|; from that
time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of
time.
#118. The Present Time.—N. the present, the present time, the
present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present
occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these
days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce,
crisis, epoch, day, hour. age, time of life. Adj. present, actual,
instant, current, existing, extant, that is; present-day, up-to-date,
up-to-the-moment. Adv. at this time, at this moment &c. 113; at the
present time &c. n.; now, at present; at hand. at this time of day,
today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present
occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice[Lat].; on the
nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day,
to the present day. Phr. "the present hour alone is man's" [Johnson].
#119. [Time different from the present.] Different time.—N.
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different time, other time.
[Indefinite time] aorist.
Adj. aoristic; indefinite.
Adv. at that time, at which time, at that moment, at that instant;
then, on that occasion, upon; not now, some other time.
when; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at
another,
at a different, at some other, at any- time; at various times; some one
of
these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day,
by
and by, sooner or later; some time or other; once upon a time.
#120. Synchronism.—N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence;
simultaneousness, simultaneity &c. adj.; concurrence, concomitance,
unity of time, interim. [Having equal times] isochronism[obs3].
contemporary, coetanian[obs3]. V. coexist, concur, accompany, go hand
in hand, keep pace with; synchronize. Adj. synchronous,
synchronal[obs3], synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical[obs3];
simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent; coeval,
coevous[obs3]; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous[obs3];
coeternal; isochronous. Adv. at the same time; simultaneously &c. adj.;
together, in concert, during the same time; in the same breath; pari
passu[Lat]; in the interim; as one. at the very moment &c. 113; just
as, as soon as; meanwhile &c. (while) 106.
#121. [Prospective time.] Futurity.—N. futurity, futurition;
future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time,
subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent
age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after
days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours,
approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages,
approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life,
approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years;
morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote
future. approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time; destiny
&c. 152; eventuality. heritage, heirs posterity. prospect &c.
(expectation) 507; foresight &c. 510. V. look forwards; anticipate &c.
(expect) 507, (foresee) 510; forestall &c. (be early) 132. come on,
draw on; draw near; approach, await, threaten; impend &c. (be destined)
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