1. The period allotted for playing the game. See "Time control".

2. Whether a particular action can be stopped ("He doesn't have time to create a defense against this attack.").

3. A measure of development. A development advantage is an advantage in time.

4. The rate at which an attack can be prosecuted or defended.

1. In chess "time" refers to the amount of time each player has to think and calculate as measured by a chess clock.

2. The number of moves to complete an objective; for example, if a king is racing to stop a pawn from queening, and the king has too few moves, that may be referred to as "not enough time". See also tempo.