Definitions

in time

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concomitant adj.
later adv.
soon adv.
sooner or later adv.
ulteriorly adv.

ADJECTIVE

concomitant

Synonyms

STRONG

accessory adjuvant attendant attending belonging coefficient coeval collateral complementary contemporary coordinate corollary fellow incident joint satellite

WEAK

agreeing ancillary associated with associative coetaneous coexistent coincident coincidental concordant concurrent conjoined conjoined with connected contemporaneous coterminous coupled with in tempo isochronal isochronous synchronal synchronous synergetic synergistic

Antonyms

WEAK

accidental chance unrelated

ADVERB

later

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afterward again next subsequently thereafter

STRONG

after

WEAK

at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while infra later on latterly more recent succeeding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

WEAK

before

ADVERB

soon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly early instantly promptly quickly rapidly shortly speedily

STRONG

presently

WEAK

anon any minute now before long betimes by and by coming down the pike ere long expeditiously fast fleetly forthwith hastily in a little while in a minute in a second in a short time in due time in short order lickety-split on time posthaste pronto quick short

Antonyms

STRONGEST

late later

WEAK

distant far never

ADVERB

sooner or later

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eventually someday sometime

WEAK

one fine day sometime or other somewhen when all is said and done

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

ADVERB

ulteriorly

Synonyms

WEAK

after after a while afterward afterwards again at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while infra later on latterly more recent next subsequently succeeding thereafter

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in time

“We didn’t close it in time, and we lost the cluster.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Over at Fitch, the feeling is that the project will almost certainly be finished in time for the Olympics, mostly because the consequences of missing that deadline are too horrible to contemplate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It would be ready in time for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The policy was announced in 2023, with schools needing to comply by next month in time for the new school term.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

According to the legend, the founder of the Academy had taken a complete set of World History books back in time and hidden them in some remote mountain cave.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

in time

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