The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TIMESÂ
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What does TIMESÂ mean?
TIMESÂ noun- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- A duration of time.
- An instant of time.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- Ratio of comparison.
- (grammar) Tense.
- The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
- To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
- To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
- To pass time; to delay.
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- The circumstances of a certain time.
- A person's experiences or biography.
- To multiply.
- Multiplied by