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noun
- 1. a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes: "an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings"
- 2. a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday: "the clock in the sitting room struck the hour"
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HOUR definition: 1. a period of 60 minutes: 2. the period of time when a particular activity happens or when a shop…. Learn more.
Definition of hour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. us. / aʊr / uk. / aʊə r/ Add to word list. A1 [ C ] a period of 60 minutes: The exam lasted an hour and a half. There are 24 hours in a day. How many hours' sleep do you need? an hour's/two hour's/etc. time I'll be back in an hour's/two hours' time (= after one/two hours).
The meaning of HOUR is a time or office for daily liturgical devotion; especially : canonical hour. How to use hour in a sentence.
Hour definition: a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes. See examples of HOUR used in a sentence.
Definition of 'hour' hour. (aʊəʳ ) Word forms: hours. 1. countable noun A1. An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours. I only slept about half an hour that night. ...a twenty-four hour strike. London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed. 2. plural noun B1.
1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day. 2. a. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight. b. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock. c. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours is 5:30 pm. 3.
An hour is a unit of time — it's sixty minutes, 3,600 seconds, or the length it takes the long hand on your watch to move in a full circle. If your math class lasts an hour, it might start at 9:30 and end at 10:30, one hour later.
HOUR definition: 1. a period of time equal to 60 minutes: 2. the period of time when a particular activity happens…. Learn more.
1. An hour is a period of sixty minutes. [...] 2. People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. [emphasis] [...] 3. A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. [...] More. Collocations with 'hour'
