high time
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.64 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A point in time at which something is considered to be utterly due or even overdue to occur; well past time.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""But it is high time for me to have done with the argument, as it is to be judged of according to scripture evidence.""
- ""I will await no longer," said Lindesay; "it is high time the business were done.""
- "I thought it was high time, now or never, before the light was put out, to break the spell in which I had so long been bound."
- ""But I haven't ridden for years." "Then it's high time you began again.""
- "It is high time to cease sensationalism and war mongering, pause and think twice about where we are heading."
- "[T]here's going to be a high time in the Blue City tonight. We'll have music and dancing and eating."