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   hour

   /ˈou(ə)r/

   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"
   • ▪ a less definite period of time: "during the early hours of the morning"
   • ▪ the distance traveled in one hour: "Ocean City is less than an hour away"
   • 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"
   • ▪ a time specified on the 24-hour clock: "the first bomb fell at 0051 hours"
   • ▪ the time as formerly reckoned from sunrise: "it was about the ninth hour"
   • 3. a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.: "the dinner hour"
   • ▪ a particular point in time: "I wondered if my last hour had come"
   • 4. (in the Western Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities: "an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours"
   • 5. 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle).

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French ure, via Latin from Greek hōra ‘season, hour’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

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