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o’clock

o'clock [ ə klók ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
1. being particular hour in telling time: in telling the time, used to indicate an exact hour of the day or night, rather than some minutes past or before the hour
woke up at six o'clock in the morning

2. indicating direction as if on clock face: in describing a position or direction of something, comparing it to the positions of numbers on a clock face, with the observer at the center of the clock
Look at the man sitting to your right, at three o'clock.

[15th century. Contraction of of the clock]
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