1 noun a particular periodsaol masc1 c m ulinn fem2 c m uré fem4 c m uam masc3 c m ufairs were common in those timesbhíodh aontaí coitianta ar na saolta sin, bhíodh aontaí coitianta san am sinI hope better times are aheadtá súil agam go bhfuil laethanta níos fearr romhainn, tá súil agam go mbeidh a bhfuil romhainn amach níos fearrthey suffered hard times during the recessionbhí saol crua acu le linn an chúlaithe eacnamaíochtathese are interesting timestréimhse spéisiúil í seothe stories of our timesscéalta ár linnea talk about old timesdreas comhrá faoi na seanlaethantastrange times, indeed!is ait mar atá cúrsaí, gan aon amhras!2 noun using multiple to comparethey're at a two times greater risk of catching a coldtá contúirt dhá uair níos mó ann go dtiocfadh slaghdán orthu, tá a dhá oiread seans ann go dtiocfadh slaghdán orthuthis one is three times cheapertá an ceann seo trí huaire níos saoirethis route is four times as longtá an bealach seo ceithre huaire níos faideit has three times as many caloriestá a thrí oiread calraí annit costs twice as much as the other onecosnaíonn sé a dhá oiread leis an gceann eileit could provide ten times our energy needsd'fhéadfadh sé a dheich n-oiread fuinnimh a chur ar fáil agus a theastaíonn uainn
3 preposition MATHthirty times three makes ninetya trí faoi thríocha sin nócha, a trí méadaithe faoi thríocha sin nócha4 verb MATH, informal in multiplication calculations TRANSITIVEiolraigh verb c m uméadaigh verb c m utimes it by 10iolraigh é faoi 10, méadaigh é faoi 10 → see time