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  • 1 waste time

    (to avoid spending time; to spend time unnecessarily: Take my car instead of walking, if you want to save time; We mustn't waste time discussing unimportant matters.) γλιτώνω / χάνω χρόνο

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  • 2 Waste

    v. trans.
    Devastate, ravage: P. and V. δῃοῦν, τέμνειν (Eur., Hec. 1204), P. κείρειν, ἀδικεῖν, κακουργεῖν.
    Plunder: P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν, συλᾶν, λῄζεσθαι, φέρειν, P. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, διαφορεῖν, λῃστεύειν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
    Make desolate: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν.
    Wear out: P. and V. τρύχειν (only pass. in P.), Ar. and P. ἀποκναίειν, κατατρίβειν, P. ἐκτρυχοῦν, V. τρύειν (pass. also in Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. τείρειν, V. γυμνάζειν.
    Wither, make to pine: P. and V. μαραίνειν, V. ἀμαυροῦν (also Xen. but rare P.), αὐαίνειν, συντήκειν, ἐκτήκειν, Ar. and V. τήκειν; see Wither.
    Wasted with sickness: V. παρειμένος νόσῳ (Eur., Or. 881).
    Spend: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, ἀναλοῦν.
    Spend ( money): Ar. and P. δαπανᾶν.
    You waste words: V. λόγους ἀναλοῖς (Eur., Med. 325).
    Wasted are all words of remonstrance: V. περισσοὶ πάντες οὑν μέσῳ λόγοι. (Eur. Med. 819).
    Squander: P. and V. ἐκχεῖν, V. ἀντλεῖν, διασπείρειν.
    Waste one's substance: P. οἰκοφθορεῖν (Plat.).
    Their private means through idleness are wasted and lost in riotous living: V. τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθʼ ὑπʼ ἀργίας (Eur., H. F. 591).
    Let slip, throw away: P. and V. ἀποβάλλειν, P. προΐεσθαι.
    Waste time: P. χρόνον κατατρίβειν, χρόνον ἐμποιεῖν, or use P. and V. μέλλειν (absol.), χρονίζειν (absol.), Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (absol.), Ar. τριψημερεῖν (absol.); see Delay.
    They wasted time before it (the town): P. ἄλλως ἐνδιάτριψαν χρόνον περὶ αὐτὴν (Thuc. 2, 18; cp. Ar., Ran. 714).
    That no time may be wasted in the operations: P. ἵνα μηδεὶς χρόνος ἐγγένηται τοῖς πράγμασι (Dem. 445).
    Waste one's labour, do more than is necessary: P. περιεργάζεσθαι, V. περισσὰ πράσσειν, περισσὰ δρᾶν.
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    adj.
    Desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος.
    Useless: P. and V. κενός, ἀνωφελής, μάταιος; see Vain.
    Excessive: P. and V. περισσός (Soph., Ant. 780).
    They treated the agreement as so much waste paper: P. ἡγοῦντο εἶναι τὴν συγγραφὴν ἄλλως ὕθλον καὶ φλυαρίαν (Dem. 931).
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    subs.
    Desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.
    Expenditure: P. and V. ἀνάλωμα, τό.
    This is a foolish waste of breath: V. σκαιόν γε ἀνάλωμα τῆς γλώσσης τόδε (Eur., Supp. 547).
    Extravagance: P. ἀσωτία, ἡ.
    Waste of time: P. χρόνου διατριβή, ἡ, or use P. and V. διατριβή, ἡ alone; see Delay.

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  • 3 Time

    subs.
    Time of day: P. and V. ὥρα, ἡ; hour.
    What time is it? Ar. and P. πηνίκα ἐστί;
    About what time died he? Ar. πηνίκʼ ἄττʼ ἀπώλετο; (Av. 1514).
    Generally; P. and V. χρόνος, ὁ, V. ἡμέρα, ἡ.
    Time of life: Ar. and P. ἡλικία, ἡ, V. αἰών, ὁ.
    Occasion: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
    Generation: P. and V. αἰών, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἡλικία, ἡ.
    Time for: P. and V. ὥρα, ἡ (gen. or infin.), καιρός, ὁ (gen. or infin.), ἀκμή, ἡ (gen. or infin.).
    Delay: P. and V. μονή, ἡ, τριβή, ἡ, διατριβή, ἡ; see Delay.
    Leisure: P. and V. σχολή, ἡ.
    Want of time: P. ἀσχολία, ἡ.
    There is time, opportunity, v.: P. ἐγχωρεῖ.
    It is open: P. and V. παρέχει, ἔξεστι, πάρεστι.
    After a time, after an interval: P. and V. διὰ χρόνου.
    Eventually: P. and V. χρόνῳ, V. χρόνῳ ποτέ, σὺν χρόνῳ, ἐν χρόνῳ. See
    ing my friend after a long time: V. χρόνιον εἰσιδὼν φίλον (Eur., Cr. 475).
    As time went on: P. χρόνου ἐπιγιγνομένου (Thuc. 1, 126).
    At another time: P. and V. ἄλλοτε.
    At times, sometimes: P. and V. ἐνίοτε (Eur., Hel. 1213), V. ἔσθʼ ὅτε, P. ἔστιν ὅτε.
    At one time: see Once.
    At one time... at another: P. and V. τότε... ἄλλοτε, Ar. and P. τότε μέν... τότε δέ, ποτὲ μεν... ποτὲ δέ.
    At the present time: P. and V. νῦν; see Now.
    At some time or other: P. and V. ποτε ( enclitic).
    At times I would have ( food) for the day, at others not: V. ποτὲ μὲν ἐπʼ ἦμαρ εἶχον, εἶτʼ οὐκ εἶχον ἄν (Eur., Phoen. 401).
    At the time of: P. παρά (acc.).
    To enforce the punishment due by law at the time of the commission of the offences: P. ταῖς ἐκ τῶν νόμων τιμωρίαις παρʼ αὐτὰ τἀδικήματα χρῆσθαι (Dem. 229).
    At that time: see Then.
    At what time? P. and V. πότε;
    At what hour? Ar. and P. πηνίκα; indirect, Ar. and P. ὅποτε, P. and V. ὁπηνίκα.
    For a time: P. and V. τέως.
    For all time: P. and V. ἀεί, διὰ τέλους; see for ever, under Over.
    For the third time: P. and V. τρίτον, P. τὸ τρίτον.
    From time immemorial: P. ἐκ παλαιτάτου.
    From time to time: P. and V. ἀεί.
    Have time, v.: P. and V. σχολάζειν, σχολὴν ἔχειν.
    In time, after a time: P. and V. διὰ χρόνου, χρόνῳ, V. χρόνῳ ποτέ, σὺν χρόνῳ, ἐν χρόνῳ.
    At the right moment: P. and V. καιρῷ, ἐν καιρῷ, εἰς καιρὸν, καιρίως (Xen.), εἰς δέον, ἐν τῷ δέοντι, ἐν καλῷ, εἰς καλόν, V. πρὸς καιρόν, πρὸς τὸ καίριον, ἐν δέοντι; see Seasonably.
    They wanted to get the work done in time: P. ἐβούλοντο φθῆναι ἐξεργασάμενοι (Thuc. 8, 92).
    In the time of: Ar. and P. ἐπί (gen.).
    Lose time, v.: see waste time.
    Save time: use P. and V. θάσσων εἶναι ( be quicker).
    Take time, be long: P. and V. χρονίζειν, χρόνιος εἶναι,
    involve delay: use P. μέλλησιν ἔχειν.
    It will take time: P. χρόνος ἐνέσται.
    To another time, put off to another time: P. and V. εἰς αὖθις ἀποτίθεσθαι.
    Waste time, v.: P. and V. μέλλειν, χρονίζειν,σχολάζειν,τρίβειν, βραδύνειν, Ar. and P. διατρίβειν: see Delay.
    Times, the present: P. and V. τὰ νῦν, P. τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα.
    Many times: P. and V. πολλάκις.
    Three times: P. and V. τρίς.
    A thousand times wiser: V. μυρίῳ σοφώτερος (Eur., And. 701); see under thousand.
    How many times as much? adj.: P. ποσαπλάσιος; four times as much: P. τετραπλάσιος, τετράκις τοσοῦτος (Plat., Men. 83B).
    Four times four are sixteen: P. τεττάρων τετράκις ἐστὶν ἑκκαίδεκα (Plat., Men. 83C).
    How many feet are three times three? τρεῖς τρὶς πόσοι εἰσὶ πόδες; (Plat., Men. 83E).
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    subs.
    Rhythm: P. and V. ῥυθμός, ὁ.
    Keeping time, adj.: Ar. and P. εὔρυθμος.
    Give the time ( to rowers), v.: P. κελεύειν (dat.).
    One who gives the time ( to rowers): P. and V. κελευστής, ὁ.
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    v. trans.
    Arrange P. and V. τίθεσθαι.
    Measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν.
    Well-timed, adj.: see Timely.
    Ill-timed: P. and V. ἄκαιρος.

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  • 4 time

    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) ώρα
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) χρόνος
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) καιρός, ώρα
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') (διαθέσιμος) χρόνος
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) κατάλληλη στιγμή / περίσταση
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) φορά
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) περίοδος, στιγμή
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) χρόνος, ρυθμός
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) χρονομετρώ
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) επιλέγω το χρόνο, διαλέγω την ώρα μου (για)
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    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again

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  • 5 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) απορρίματα, απόβλητα
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) σπατάλη, άδικο χάσιμο
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) έρημη έκταση
    •
    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away

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  • 6 dawdle

    ['do:dl]
    (to waste time especially by moving slowly: Hurry up, and don't dawdle!) χασομερώ
    - dawdling

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  • 7 dilly-dally

    [dili'dæli]
    (to waste time especially by stopping often: She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school.)

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  • 8 discipline

    ['disiplin] 1. noun
    1) (training in an orderly way of life: All children need discipline.) πειθαρχία
    2) (strict self-control (amongst soldiers etc).) πειθαρχία
    2. verb
    1) (to bring under control: You must discipline yourself so that you do not waste time.) πειθαρχώ
    2) (to punish: The students who caused the disturbance have been disciplined.) τιμωρώ
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  • 9 Loaf

    subs.
    Ar. and P. ἄρτος, ὁ.
    ——————
    v. intrans.
    Waste time: P. and V. σχολάζειν; see Idle, Lounge.

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  • 10 lose

    [lu:z]
    past tense, past participle - lost; verb
    1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) χάνω
    2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) χάνω
    3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) χάνω
    4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) χάνω
    5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) χάνω
    •
    - loss
    - lost
    - at a loss
    - a bad
    - good loser
    - lose oneself in
    - lose one's memory
    - lose out
    - lost in
    - lost on

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  • 11 saver

    noun (a person or thing that saves, avoids waste etc: The telephone is a great time-saver.) αποταμιευτής,εξοικονομητής

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  • 12 thorough

    1) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) σχολαστικός
    2) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) εμπεριστατωμένος
    3) (complete; absolute: a thorough waste of time.) πλήρης, απόλυτος, τέλειος
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    - thoroughness
    - thoroughfare

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  • 13 Consume

    v. trans.
    Burn: P. and V. κάειν, ἐμπιπράναι, πιμπράναι (Thuc. 6, 94, but rare P. uncompounded), Ar. and V. καταίθειν, V. πυροῦν ( poetical word used in Plat.), ἐκπυροῦν, συμπυροῦν, αἴθειν.
    Spend, use up (money, etc.): P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, P. καταχρῆσθαι.
    Pass (time, etc.): P. and V. διάγειν, τρίβειν, Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν; see Spend.
    Eat, devour: P. and V. ἐσθίειν, κατεσθίειν (Eur., Cycl. 341), P. καταβιβρώσκειν, V. δάπτειν, βιβρώσκειν, Ar. and V. βρύκειν, Ar. δαρδάπτειν.
    Wear out: P. and V. τρίβειν, Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν, ἀποκναίειν, Ar. and V. τείρειν.
    Be consumed, worn out: Ar. and P. κατατρίβεσθαι, P. and V. τρύχεσθαι, Ar. and V. τείρεσθαι, V. καταξαίνεσθαι; see waste away.
    Destroy: P. and V. φθείρειν, διαφθείρειν, ἀπολλύναι, διολλύναι, καθαιρεῖν, ἀναιρεῖν, ἀναλίσκειν, ἀναλοῦν, ἀποφθείρειν (Thuc. but rare P.), V. ὀλλύναι, ἐξαπολλύναι, ἐξαποφθείρειν, πέρθειν, ἀϊστοῦν, ᾀστοῦν, ἐξαϊστοῦν; see Destroy.

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  • 14 Fritter away

    v. trans.
    Fritter away ( time): P. κατατρίβειν; see Waste.
    Throw away for nothing: P. προΐεσθαι. P. and V. προπίνειν.
    You will recover what has been frittered away: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).

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