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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Time \Time\ (t[imac]m), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Timed} (t[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Timing}.]
1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon.
2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. --Addison.
He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak.
3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
timing
noun: the time when something happens
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "timing": ability, accommodation, accord, accordance, adaptation, address, adeptness, adjustment, adroitness, affinity, agreement, airmanship, andante tempo, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, assent, assimilation, attunement, beat, bravura, brilliance, calendar-making, capability, capacity, chorus, chronology, chronoscopy, cleverness, clock-making, clocking, coaptation, coherence, coincidence, command, compatibility, competence, compound time, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort, control, cooperation, coordination, correspondence, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, dating, deftness, dendrochronology, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, duple time, efficiency, equivalence, expertise, facility, finesse, grace, grip, handiness, harmonization, harmony, horology, horometry, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, integration, intersection, know-how, largo, march tempo, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mixed times, oneness, overlap, parallelism, peace, practical ability, presto, proficiency, prowess, quickness, rag, ragtime, rapport, readiness, reconcilement, reconciliation, regulation, resource, resourcefulness, rubato, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, self-consistency, sextuple time, simple time, skill, skillfulness, squaring, style, symmetry, sync, synchronism, synchronization, syncopation, syncope, tact, tactfulness, tally, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, tempo, tempo rubato, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timekeeping, triple time, triplet, two-four time, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, virtuosity, waltz time, wit, wizardry, workmanship
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