GOOD TIME

Literature

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Destiny

Adverb: in time, the long run; all in good time; eventually; whatever may happen; (certainly); as chance; would have it.

Occasion

Adverb: opportunely; Adjective: in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time; for the nonce; in the nick of time, in the fullness of time; all in good time; just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never.

Prosperity

Keep oneself afloat; keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water; land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet; drop into a good thing; bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good time of it, have a fine time of it; have a run of luck; have the good fortune; n. to; take a favorable turn; live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover.

Punctuality

Adverb: on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly; right on time, to the minute; in time; in good time, in military time, in pudding time, in due time; time enough; with no time to spare, by a hair's breadth.

Crosswords: GOOD TIME

I'm having a good time not. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

This isn't a good time. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

It was a good time. It doesn't mean like we have to make a big deal (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars, and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins believed that they were more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

Well, Jones, at least you haven't forgotten how to show a lady a good time! (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman)

IF YOU WANNA HAVE A GOOD TIME (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

They're always having a good time down on the bayou, ("Ramblin' Man"; performing artist: Allman Brothers Band)

Everybody everybody have a good time (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas)

So for you this is just a good time but for me this is what (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High)

For a moment this good time would never end (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

People pick bad things from bad company very quickly, but good company takes a good time to give good things to them. (references; author: unknown)

Good Time Girl (1949)

A Good Time for a Dime (1941)

Good Time Henry (1934)

A Rattling Good Time (1927)

Good Time Charley (1927)

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Books

• August Is a Good Time for Killing: And Other Blood-Curdling Stories of Murder in the East (reference)

• The Custard Kid (The Good Time Library) (reference)

• A Fairly Good Time (Paperback) (reference)

• Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive (reference)

• Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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She May Look Clean-But : Pick-ups "Good Time" Girls Prostitutes Spread Syphilis and Gonorrhea. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

There's a good time coming--. Credit: Library of Congress.

Now have a good time, boys. Credit: Library of Congress.

Having an awful good time. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Must 'av had a smashing good time". Credit: Library of Congress.

War nursery schools. Scranton, Pennsylvania.These youngsters may not be able to sing an aria but they are having a good time in a war nursery school in Scranton, which is one of four in this community. Child care centers meet a critical need for supervise. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cavalry life! In the U.S. Army "If you want to have a good time 'jine' the cavalry!" (Jeb Stuart's song). Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She was to convey Harriet, and they drove to the Crown in good time, the Randalls party just sufficiently before them

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons

The clock struck in good time.

And, in good time, Here comes Sir Richard Ratcliff and the Duke

She pretended to have a good time.

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Health

In addition, the symptom-free phase is a good time to eliminate anything known to trigger an episode. (references)

Business

This is a good time for foreign firms to enter the Mexican market. (references)

Local leasing firms benefit from low interest rates since consumers would perceive this as a good time to lease. (references)

At the same time, distributors are looking for new relatively inexpensive brands of make-up and it may be a good time for new companies to access the market with good quality products and reasonable prices. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

Now may be a good time to get into the market, but franchisers should be prepared to offer creative financial options. (references)

Travel

Spain

The workdays abutting Spanish holidays and vacation periods are not a good time to schedule business meetings. (references)

Mexico

When holidays fall near the weekend, they are rapidly converted into long weekends for all and are not a good time to schedule business trips. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "GOOD TIME": all in good time ♦ everything in good time ♦ have a good time ♦ in good time ♦ in one's own good time ♦ keep good time ♦ make good time. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏لها (dally, disport, have a good time, have fun, play about, toy, trifle, tumble), ‏وقتا ممتعا (have a good time), ‏تمتع بالوقت (have a good time), ‏إحتفظ بالود (keep good time), ‏إعلان الوقت الدقيق (keep good time), ‏بسعادة غامرة (in good time). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вървя точно (keep good time), прекарвам приятно (have a good time, have fun), прекарвам добре (enjoy, have a good time). (various references)

Czech

příjemnì se bavit (have a good time), dobře se bavit (have a good time), bavit se dobře (have a good time). (various references)

Dutch

zich vermeien (enjoy oneself, have a good time), zich vermaken (enjoy oneself, have a good time), zich amuseren (enjoy oneself, have a good time), tijdig zijn rechten verdedigen (in good time, the opportunity of defending his rights, to have been afforded). (various references)

Esperanto

amuziĝi (enjoy oneself, have a good time). (various references)

Finnish

meillä oli rattoisaa (we had a jolly good time), meillä oli hyvin hauskaa (we had a good time). (various references)

French

se réjouir (have a good time), s'amuser bien (have a good time), s'amuser (have a good time), faire valoir ses droits en temps utile (in good time), en bon temps (in good time), du bon temps (keep good time), bien s'amuser (have a good time). (various references)

German

beizeiten (at the right time, betimes, in good time, in time). (various references)

Greek 

καλή διασκέδαση (have a good time), καθετί στην ώρα του (all in good time), περνώ καλή ώρα (keep good time), περνώ καλά (have a good time, have a gooд time, have a gooδ time), διεκδικώ τα δικαιώματά μου σε εύθετο χρόνο (in good time, the opportunity of defending his rights, to have been afforded). (various references)

Hebrew 

כיף (fun). (various references)

Hungarian

tölti az időt (have a good time of it), pontosan érkezik (to arrive on the stroke, to arrive on the stroke of time, to come in good time), kellemesen tölti az időt (have a good time), kellemesen (affably, agreeably, comfortably, gratefully, have a good time of it, pleasantly, well), kellő időben (at the proper time, duly, in due course, in due time, in good time), jól szórakozik (have a fine old time, have a good old time, have a good time, have a good time of it), jól mulat (have a good time, have a good time of it), jól érzi magát (have a fine old time, have a good old time, have a good time, to amuse oneself, to be up to the mark, to be well, to bear oneself well, to feel happy, to feel well), jókor érkezik (to come in good time, to nick in), jókor (in due time, in good time, in time, on time, opportunely, timely), jó idõt fut (keep good time), jó dolga van (have a cushy time, have a good time of it, to be in easy street), idejében elindul (to start in good time), éli világát (have a cushy time, have a good time of it, have an easy time, to be in easy street). (various references)

Indonesian

bergemar (enjoy, have a good time). (various references)

Italian

cuccagna (Cockaigne), baldoria (bacchanal, binge, carouse, jamboree, jollification, merriment, merrymaking, razzle-dazzle, revel, reveling, revelling, revelry, spree). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遊び心 (desire to play or have a good time), 退き時 (a good time to quit), 早早と (all in good time, early, quickly: promptly), シフト�"算機構 (chaconne, chanson, chassis, chemise, Chevrolet, crisp, dish, good time to take a picture, hat, look sharp!, precise, propelling or mechanical pencil, shaggy carpet, shaman, shamanism, shark skin, sharp, sharpener, sherbet, Sherlockian, shift arithmetic unit, shining, shirring, shuffle, shuffling, shut, shutdown, shutout, shutter, shy, Siberia, simoon, simulate, simulation, simulator, vehicle with body lowered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきどき (a good time to quit), あそび�"�"ろ (desire to play or have a good time), シャッターチャンス (good time to take a picture), はやばやと (all in good time, early, quickly: promptly). (various references)

Manx

dy traaoil (fortunely, in good time, prompt). (various references)

Pig Latin

oodgay imetay.(various references)

Polish

zabawiać się (enjoy oneself, have a good time), bawić się (enjoy oneself, have a good time, play). (various references)

Portuguese

fazer valer os seus direitos em devido tempo (in good time, the opportunity of defending his rights, to have been afforded), divertir‐se (have a good time), distrair‐se (have a good time), brincar (coquet, fool, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol, have a good time, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, lark, play, romp, toy, trifle). (various references)

Romanian

se distra (amuse, dally, enjoy oneself, entertain oneself, frolic, have a good time, have fun, rejoice, revel, sport). (various references)

Russian 

хорошо проводить время (have a good time, have fun), хорошо провести время (have a good time), так хорошо проводить время (have such a good time). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

lepo se provesti (have a good time). (various references)

Spanish

juerga (bat, bender, binge, blast, jamboree, joke, joy, loose, spree, travel, walk, whoopee). (various references)

Swedish

gotta (have a good time), komma fort fram (make good time), ha roligt (enjoy oneself, have a good time, have fun). (various references)

Turkish

tam zamanında (apropos, bang on time, in good time, in the nick of time, Pat, right on time, seasonably), ne zaman canı isterse (in one's own good time), iyi vakit geçirmek (have a good time, have a whale of time, recreate oneself), eğlenmek (amuse oneself, be amused, disport oneself, fool, frolic, get a ball out of smth., go on a spree, have a good time, have fun, laugh away, make fun, make merry, make merry over, recreate oneself, revel, rollick, sport), çabuk (apace, be quick, come, come on, early, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurry, hurry up, in double time, in good time, light footed, lissom, lissome, nimble, precipitous, presto, prompt, pronto, quick, quick-action, quickly, rapid, ready, sharp, snappy, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly). (various references)

Ukrainian

вчасно (in good time, in time), заздалегідь (a priory, aforehand, beforehand, betimes, in advance, in good time, previously), з часом (in good time). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: goodie, midget, mooted.

-3 letters: demit, dogie, gemot, geoid, godet, midge, mooed, ootid, timed.

-4 letters: demo, diet, dime, dite, doge, doit, dome, doom, dote, edit, emit, gied, good, idem, item, mite, mode, modi, mood, moot, mote, omit, tide, tied, time, toed, tome, toom.

-5 letters: die, dig, dim, dit, doe, dog, dom, dot, ego, ged, gem.

+3 letters: moonlighted.

+4 letters: demonologist, dermatologic, etymologised, etymologized, mythologized.

+5 letters: demonologists, demythologize, dermatologies, dermatologist, gonadectomies, methodologies, methodologist, sedimentology.