hour
[ ouuh r, ou-er ]
/ aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /
noun
adjective
of, relating to, or noting an hour.
Idioms for hour
- Also one's last hour. the instant of death: The sick man knew that his hour had come.
- any crucial moment.
one's hour,
Origin of hour
1175–1225; Middle English (
h)oure < Anglo-French; Old French (
h)ore < Latin
hōra < Greek
hṓrā time, season
OTHER WORDS FROM hour
hour·less, adjectiveWords nearby hour
Example sentences from the Web for hours
British Dictionary definitions for hours (1 of 3)
hours
/ (aʊəz) /
pl n
a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours)
an indefinite period of time
Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): canonical hours
- the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
- the prayers recited at these times
the small hours
the hours just after midnight
till all hours
until very late
British Dictionary definitions for hours (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for hours (3 of 3)
hour
/ (aʊə) /
noun
See also
hours
Word Origin for hour
C13: from Old French
hore, from Latin
hōra, from Greek: season
Scientific definitions for hours
hour
[ our ]
A unit of time equal to one of the 24 equal parts of a day; 60 minutes.♦ A sidereal hour is 124 of a sidereal day, and a mean solar hour is 124 of a mean solar day. See more at sidereal time solar time.
A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 124 of a great circle.
Idioms and Phrases with hours
hour
see after hours; all hours; by the day (hour); eleventh hour; happy hour; keep late hours; on the hour; small hours.