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Definition: Meaning of, hour in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈaʊə /

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hour hours
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  1. 60 minutes written abbreviation a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in one day.
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  2. business/work etc hours [plural] a fixed period of time in the day when a particular activity, business etc happens
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  3. (work) long/regular etc hours if you work long, regular etc hours, the period that you work is longer than usual, always the same etc
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  4. time of day a particular period or point of time during the day or night
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  5. long time [usually plural] informal a long time or a time that seems long
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  6. o'clock the time of the day when a new hour starts, for example one o'clock, two o'clock etc
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  7. 1300/1530/1805 etc hours used to give the time in official or military reports and orders
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  8. by the hour/from hour to hour if a situation is changing by the hour or from hour to hour, it is changing very quickly and very often
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  9. lunch/dinner hour the period in the middle of the day when people stop work for a meal
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  10. important time [usually singular] an important moment or period in history or in your life
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  11. of the hour important at a particular time, especially the present time
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hour used in phrases

  • 24 hour clock (noun)
    1. a clock, or a system of telling the time, according to which, for example, one O'CLOCK in the afternoon is called 1300 hours (pronounced "13 hundred hours")
  • 24-hour interval (noun)
    1. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  • H-hour (noun)
    1. esp. military operation the time at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin
  • Woman's Hour
    1. a British radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio, which has news, INTERVIEW s, and discussions on subjects considered to be of special interest to women
  • ampere-hour (noun)
    1. a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
  • canonical hour (noun)
    1. Roman Catholic Church one of seven specified times for prayer
  • credit hour (noun)
    1. a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
  • early-morning hour (noun)
    1. an hour early in the morning
  • eleventh hour (noun)
    1. the latest possible moment
  • flower-of-an-hour (noun)
    1. annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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