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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: "a two-hour operation"
- 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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a. : the time of day reckoned in two 12-hour periods. b. hours plural : the time reckoned in one 24-hour period from midnight to midnight using a 4-digit number of which the first two digits indicate the hour and the last two digits indicate the minute. in the military 4:30 p.m. is called 1630 hours. 4.
HOUR definition: 1. a period of 60 minutes: 2. the period of time when a particular activity happens or when a shop…. Learn more.
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.
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).
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes. He slept for an hour. 2. any specific one of these 24 periods, usually reckoned in two series of 12, one series from midnight to noon and the second from noon to midnight, but sometimes reckoned in one series of 24, from midnight to midnight.
Definition of hour noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. hour. noun. /ˈaʊə (r)/ /ˈaʊər/ Use an, not a, before hour. Idioms. [countable] (abbreviation hr, hr.) 60 minutes; one of the 24 parts that a day is divided into. I spent an hour on the phone. It will take about an hour to get there. It usually takes me two hours to walk there.
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.
noun. hours. A division of time, one of the twenty-four parts of a day; sixty minutes. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. One of the twelve points on a clock, watch, etc. marking the beginning or end of such a division. The ninth hour. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The time of day as indicated by a timepiece.
Definition of hour noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HOUR definition: 1. a period of time equal to 60 minutes: 2. the period of time when a particular activity happens…. Learn more.
