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   hour

   /ˈaʊə/

   noun

   • 1. a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes: "an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings"
   • ▪ a more indefinite period of time: "during the early hours of the morning"
   • ▪ the distance travelled 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 twenty-four-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 (Latin) 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

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHOUR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of hour as a period of 60 minutes or a particular time of the day or night. See how to use hour in different contexts and idioms with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

   • Znaczenie Hour, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     HOUR definicja: 1. a period of 60 minutes: 2. the period of...

   • English (US)

     noun. us / aʊr / uk / aʊə r/ Add to word list. A1 [ C ] a...

   • Hour: Arabic Translation

     HOUR translate: ساعة. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Hour Turkish Translation

     HOUR translate: saat, (açılış kapanış veya oluş) saati,...

   • Hour: Italian Translation

     hour translate: ora, ora, ora, tempo, orario. Learn more in...

   • Hour: Russian Translation

     HOUR translate: час , час, время. Learn more in the...

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   Hour definition: a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes. See examples of HOUR used in a sentence.

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word hour, from a time for religious worship to a unit of right ascension. See examples, etymology, phrases, and related words for hour.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOUR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of hour as a period of 60 minutes or a time of the day or night. Find out how to use hour in phrases and idioms with examples and translations.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhour noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word hour, a unit of time equal to 60 minutes or one of the 24 parts of a day. Find out how to use hour in different contexts, idioms and expressions with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.

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   Hour is a unit of time measurement equal to 60 minutes or 1/24 of a day. Learn how to use hour in different contexts, such as time of day, work, school, astronomy, and idioms.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hourHour - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   An hour is a unit of time — it's sixty minutes, 3,600 seconds, or the length it takes the long hand on your watch to move in a full circle. If your math class lasts an hour, it might start at 9:30 and end at 10:30, one hour later.