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Meaning of "betimes" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BETIMES

Bitimes.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BETIMES

bɪˈtaɪmz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BETIMES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Betimes is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BETIMES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Latin declension

Latin is an inflected language, and as such its nouns, pronouns, and adjectives must be declined. A set of declined forms of the same word pattern is called a declension. There are five declensions, which are numbered and grouped by ending and grammatical gender. For simple declension paradigms, visit the Wiktionary appendices: First declension, Second declension, Third declension, Fourth declension, Fifth declension. Each noun follows one of these five declensions.

Definition of betimes in the English dictionary

The definition of betimes in the dictionary is in good time; early. Other definition of betimes is in a short time; soon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BETIMES

betweentimes · denims · frames · games · hames · Hims · James · Maritimes · megrims · oftentimes · ofttimes · Pilgrims · prelims · santims · sometimes · times

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BETIMES

bethorn · bethought · bethrall · Bethsaida · bethumb · bethump · bethwack · betide · betime · betitle · Betjeman · betoil · betoken · beton · betonies · betony · betook · betoss · betray · betray oneself

WORDS THAT END LIKE BETIMES

Alpes-Maritimes · at all times · at the best of times · at times · behind the times · Commonwealth Games · extremes · fun and games · Henley-on-Thames · Hermes · Holmes · legumes · limes · mesdames · Olympic Games · opening times · Quilmes · Thames · to go to extremes · wind chimes

Synonyms and antonyms of betimes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BETIMES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «betimes» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «betimes» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BETIMES

Find out the translation of betimes to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of betimes from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «betimes» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

不久以后
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

en el momento oportuno
570 millions of speakers
en

English

betimes
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पहले ही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاجلا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

с раннего утра
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

betimes
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভোরে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

de bonne heure
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Betimes
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

beizeiten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

遅くならないうちに
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

betimes
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Betimes
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sớm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தாமதமின்றி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आजार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

çok geçmeden
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

di buon´ora
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zawczasu
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

з раннього ранку
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

la timpul potrivit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

betimes
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

betimes
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betimes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of betimes

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BETIMES»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of betimes
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about betimes

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETIMES»

Discover the use of betimes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to betimes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Apples of Gold for Young Men and Women: and a Crown of Glory ...
you would be good betimes, if ever you would seek and serve the Lord in the spring and morning of your days^L/L 'jr CHAPTER VII. OUT in the second place, as those things must be declined, so other things must be carefully and diligently  ...
Thomas Brooks, 1814
2
Apples of gold for young men and women ... or, The happiness ...
The things that must be practised by those that would be good betimes. But as those things must be declined, so other things must be carefully and diligently practised, if ever you would be good betimes. I shall instance only those that are most ...
Thomas Brooks, 1859
3
I Never Knew That Was in the Bible
BETIMES This is archaic word. It was a common word in Elizabethan English, and meant “early,” “soon,” “in good time.” Shakespeare used it frequently, as in Macbeth (IV, 3, 162): “Good God, betimes remove The means that makes us ...
Martin Manser, 2000
4
The Ismailis in the Middle Ages : A History of Survival, a ...
Khwaja ^Abd Allah Ansari, Husayn, Zamani, and Other Poets In one version of The Seven Chapters available to him, as well as in The Sage's Discourse, Ivanow came across an interesting poetic quotation: Betimes an aged man, a child or a ...
Departments of Historical Studies and the Study of Religion University of Toronto Shafique N. Virani Assistant Professor, 2007
5
An English and Welsh Dictionary, Wherein, Not Only the ...
Bctime, or betimes, ad. Mown pryd, mewn •unser; yn gynnar, yn brydlawn. Do your work betimes, Gwnewch cich gwaith mewn pryd. He that loveth his sou chasteneth him betimes, Y г bwn a gar ei fab a'i cerydda mewn ameer. Begin betimes in ...
John Walters, Hannah Walters, 1828
6
The plays of William Shakespeare
If it be now, *tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all : Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes ?8 Let be. * Since ne man, of aught he leaves, tuows,* what ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793
7
The Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet. King Lear. Othello
What is't to leaue betimes?' The Quartos of 1676, 1683, 1695 and 1703 have: ' The readiness is all, since no man of ought he leaves knows what 'tis to leave betimes, let be.' Rowe, Pope and Theobald followed the Folios. Hanmer : ' The ...
William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, 1866
8
The Works of William Shakespeare
The second Quarto, followed substantially by the rest, has as follows : 'The readines is all, since no man of ought he leaues, knowes what ist to leaue betimes, let be.' The first Folio,'followed, except in spelling, by the rest, has : 'The readinesse ...
William Shakespeare, William George Clark, John Glover, 1866
9
English Synonymes: with copious Illustrations and ...
SOON, EARLY, BETIMES. All these words are expressive of time ; but soon respects some future period in general ; early, or ere, before, and betimes, or by the time, before a, given time, Tespect some particular period at no great distance .
George Crabb, 1826
10
The Works: In Nine Volumes
The second Quarto, followed substantially by the rest, has as follows : ' The readines is all, since no man of ought he leaues, knowes what ist to leaue betimes, let be.' The first Folio, followed, except in spelling, by the rest, has : 'The readinesse ...
William Shakespeare, William Aldis Wright, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETIMES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term betimes is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is it time for no fault divorce?
And it is a lesse breach of wedlock to part with wise and quiet consent betimes, then still to soile and profane that mystery of joy and union with a polluting ... «Family Law Week, Jul 15»
2
Embarrassing reputation of US prisons
Only make provision betimes, old States and new States, for several thousand insane asylums. You are in a fair way to create a nation of ... «AzerNews, Jun 15»
3
Sport needs giants - now more than ever
The relationship between those playing and those covering sport may have been closer than is healthy betimes, and it is illuminating to recall ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
4
Civic Type R kicks up a storm but all is forgiven as we race around …
Anyway, we subsequently took it for a sprawling, sedate but betimes sharpish, swirl through Slovakia and Austria. That's because, while it is a ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
5
John Horgan: An important landmark in the freedom of the press
But a clear understanding of where the public interest lies, and how best to reflect and inform that public interest, will betimes have to trump ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
6
GET REAL: Whipless and so confused
Proverbs 13:24 does say, however, that “He who spares the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes”. Even if she ... «Nation News, May 15»
7
Hitting back at spanking
... book Proverbs (verse 13:24), parents are instructed, "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. «Jamaica Gleaner, May 15»
8
Pepys into the majestic past
1662: "Up betimes to my office, where I find Griffens girl making it clean; but God forgive me, what a mind I have to her, but did not meddle with ... «Wanganui Chronicle, May 15»
9
CHIUSANO | What Baseball Means to Me
... sentimental of baseball poems, To An Athlete Dying Young: “Smart lad, to slip betimes away/From fields where glory does not stay,/And early ... «Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun, Apr 15»
10
Richard Stowers tells the story of Waikato's Anzacs
Spencer Westmacott, a young farmer inland from Otorohanga, wrote of the morning he left for war: "Up betimes, I milked the cow, had breakfast, ... «Waikato Times, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
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