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| hour [ owr ] |
noun (plural hours) |
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1. 60 minutes: one of the 24 equal parts of a day, equivalent to 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds
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2. 60-minute interval shown on timepiece: one of the intervals of 60 minutes shown on a clock or watch
  There's a bus at 20 past the hour.
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3. time of day: a time of day, with emphasis on the general portion of day or night being referred to
at this unearthly hour
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4. regular time for something: the time at which something usually takes place or is done
my lunch hour
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5. significant period: a period during which something particularly significant happens
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6. time of success: a time when somebody is powerful, successful, or famous
their finest hour
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7. time of death: the time when somebody is going to die
As he started falling, he thought his hour had surely come.
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8. work done in 60 minutes: the amount of work done in a period of sixty minutes
I have a couple of hours left to do in the yard.
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9. distance traveled in 60 minutes: the distance that can be traveled in sixty minutes
My office is only an hour away.
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10. measurements navigation measure of longitude: a measure of longitude equal to 15 degrees or one twenty-fourth of a great circle
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11. single session: a meeting of a class or course of therapeutic treatment, usually 50 or 55 minutes
I missed my hour with the therapist last week.
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12. education
Same as credit hour
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plural noun hours |
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1. long time: a long but unspecified amount of time
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informal
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2. times for doing particular things: the times of day during which particular things are done
during school hours
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3. time in 24-hour clock: the time of day, when using a 24-hour clock
The flight leaves at 1300 hours.
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4. christianity canonical hours: the canonical hours taken as a whole
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| [12th century. Via Old French houre< Latin hora< Greek hōra "time, hour"] |
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at any hour at any time, day or night
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of the hour enjoying the highest degree of relevance, importance, or popularity at the current moment or a particular time
The question of the hour is whether war is justified.
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