hour

[ ouuh r, ou-er ]

/ aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /

noun

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.

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: He slept for the hour between 2 and 3 a.m. The hour for the bombardment was between 1300 and 1400.

any specific time of day; the time indicated by a timepiece: What is the hour?

a short or limited period of time: He savored his hour of glory.

a particular or appointed time: What was the hour of death? At what hour do you open?

a customary or usual time: When is your dinner hour?

the present time: the man of the hour.

hours,

time spent in an office, factory, or the like, or for work, study, etc.: The doctor's hours were from 10 to 4. What an employee does after hours is his or her own business.
customary time of going to bed and getting up: to keep late hours.
(in the Christian church) the seven stated times of the day for prayer and devotion.
the offices or services prescribed for these times.
a book containing them.

distance normally covered in an hour's traveling: We live about an hour from the city.

Astronomy. a unit of measure of right ascension representing 15°, or the twenty-fourth part of a great circle.

a single period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation, usually lasting from 40 to 55 minutes. Compare clock-hour.

Education. Also called credit hour. one unit of academic credit, usually representing attendance at one scheduled period of instruction per week throughout a semester, quarter, or term.

the Hours, Classical Mythology. the Horae.

adjective

of, relating to, or noting an hour.

Idioms for hour

one's hour,

Also one's last hour. the instant of death: The sick man knew that his hour had come.
any crucial moment.

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, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hour

are hour our

Words nearby hour

hounsfield, hounskull, hounslow, houphouet-boigny, houppelande, hour, hour angle, hour circle, hour hand, hourglass, hourglass contraction

Example sentences from the Web for hours

Is it sort of evidence of the Gladwellian 10,000 hours theory?

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Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.

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He flew with Captain Irianto, 53, who had 20,000 hours experience, more than 6,000 hours on the A320.

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The copilot on Flight 8501 was Remi Emmanuel Piesel, 46, who despite his age had just 2,275 hours of flying experience.

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In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.

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So I still beg for the minutes: your walks take up hours enough.

Piano and Song |Friedrich Wieck
Very tired they looked, having been for hours in the string.

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And for several days Nehushta came at that hour, and at other hours in the day, but found him not.

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The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours.

The Jungle Book |Rudyard Kipling
"I lost three good hours' sleep this morning on the chance of catching you here at table," the editor went on.

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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)

Hours

/ (aʊəz) /

pl n

another word for the Horae

British Dictionary definitions for hours (3 of 3)

hour

/ (aʊə) /

noun

a period of time equal to 3600 seconds; 1/24 th of a calendar day Related adjectives: horal, horary

any of the points on the face of a timepiece that indicate intervals of 60 minutes

the hour an exact number of complete hours the bus leaves on the hour

the time of day as indicated by a watch, clock, etc

the period of time allowed for or used for something the lunch hour; the hour of prayer

a special moment or period our finest hour

the hour the present time the man of the hour

the distance covered in an hour we live an hour from the city

astronomy an angular measurement of right ascension equal to 15° or a 24th part of the celestial equator

one's hour

a time of success, fame, etc
Also: one's last hour the time of one's deathhis hour had come

take one's hour Irish informal to do something in a leisurely manner

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.

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