good time
See also: good-time
English
editNoun
editgood time (countable and uncountable, plural good times)
- (countable) A period of time spent doing some pleasant, enjoyable or entertaining activity.
- Hyponym: time of one's life (superlative degree)
- let the good times roll
- a good time was had by all
- Q: Did you have a good time at your friend's wedding reception? A: Yes, it was a good time for everyone.
- (uncountable) The reduction of a prisoner's sentence for good conduct while imprisoned.
- 1984 August 18, R. L. Richardson, “Women In Cages”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 7:
- Sex on female units is treated as a "disgusting and degrading practice," and women have lost accrued good-time and gone to solitary confinement for as little as a peck on the cheek.
- A suitable time; a suitable occasion.
- When is a good time for you?
- Is this a good time?
- there's never a good time for [X]
- it's always a good time for [X]
- 2022 January 12, Christian Wolmar, “A new year... but the same old mistakes are being made”, in RAIL, number 948, pages 40–41:
- How can the unions - or more specifically the RMT - possibly think this is a good time to exert a bit of industrial muscle and indulge in strikes both on the national railway and the London Underground?