I prefer to think of SPACE as a dimension with three variable expressions: linear, planar, volumetric. Dimnension TIME would have three variable expressions: past (of a sort, linear), present (of a sort, planar), future (of a sort, volumetric). I use the image of a lotus blossom to (of a sort) illustrate the linear, planar and volumetric/past,present, future. But then, I'm sort of a mystic ...
Do you remember when they first told you space had three dimensions? Up until then you may have not thought of space as having three dimensions. It is known that not everybody can visualize in three dimensions well at all. Engineers do better at that. For time, just call me when dinner is ready.