| hour (our) n. Abbr. hr. 1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day. 2. a. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight. b. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock. c. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours is 5:30 p.m. 3. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 1/24 of a great circle. 4. a. A customary or fixed time: the dinner hour. b. hours A set period of time for a specified activity: banking hours. 5. a. A particular time: their hour of need. b. A significant time: Her hour had come. c. The present time: the man of the hour. 6. a. The work that can be accomplished in an hour. b. The distance that can be traveled in an hour. 7. a. A single session of a school day or class. b. A credit hour. 8. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours. [Middle English, from Old French houre, from Latin h  ra, from Greek hr , season, time; see y r- in Indo-European roots.] |
hour [aʊə]
n
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a period of time equal to 3600 seconds; 1/24th of a calendar day Related adjs horal, horary
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) 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
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) the time of day as indicated by a watch, clock, etc.
5. the period of time allowed for or used for something the lunch hour the hour of prayer
6. a special moment or period our finest hour
the hour the present time the man of the hour
8. the distance covered in an hour we live an hour from the city
9. (Astronomy) Astronomy an angular measurement of right ascension equal to 15° or a 24th part of the celestial equator
one's hour
a. a time of success, fame, etc.
b. Also one's last hour the time of one's death his hour had come
take one's hour Irish informal to do something in a leisurely manner See also hours
[from Old French hore, from Latin hōra, from Greek: season]
| hour (our) 1. A unit of time equal to one of the 24 equal parts of a day; 60 minutes.  A sidereal hour is 1/24 of a sidereal day, and a mean solar hour is 1/24 of a mean solar day. See more at sidereal timesolar time2. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 1/24 of a great circle. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  hour - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" sidereal hour - 1/24 of a sidereal day 30 minutes, half-hour - a half of an hour 15 minutes, quarter-hour - a quarter of an hour man hour, person hour - a time unit used in industry for measuring work quarter - a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" |
| 2. | hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late" clock time, time - a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" mealtime - the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten late-night hour - the latter part of night midnight - 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight" small hours - the hours just after midnight bedtime - the time you go to bed closing time - the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morning - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" early-morning hour - an hour early in the morning crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" none - a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise happy hour - the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price rush hour - the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work zero hour - the time set for the start of an action or operation canonical hour - (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer | |
| 3. | hour - a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | |
| 4. | hour - distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points |
hour noun
Translations
hour [aʊəʳ]
A. N → hora f
after hours → fuera de horario
at all hours (of the day and night) → a cualquier hora
she's out till all hours → no regresa hasta muy tarde, vuelve a casa a las tantas
at 30 miles an hour → a 30 millas por hora
hours and hours → horas y horas, horas enteras
to pay sb by the hour → pagar a algn por horas
hour by hour → hora tras hora
he thought his (last) hour had come (fig) → pensó que había llegado su hora
in the hour of danger → en el momento de peligro
in the early hours → en la or de madrugada
at the eleventh hour → a última hora
I've been waiting for hours → llevo horas esperando
we waited hours → esperamos horas y horas
half an hour → media hora
two and a half hours → dos horas y media
to keep late hours → trasnochar, acostarse a altas horas de la noche
to work long hours → trabajar muchas horas
lunch hour → hora f del almuerzo or de comer
on the hour → a la hora en punto
out of hours → fuera de horario
a quarter of an hour → un cuarto de hora
to keep regular hours → llevar una vida ordenada
in the small hours → en la or de madrugada
to strike the hour → dar la hora
he took hours to do it → tardó horas en hacerlo
she always takes hours to get ready → siempre se tira horas para arreglarse
visiting hours → horas de visita
after hours → fuera de horario
at all hours (of the day and night) → a cualquier hora
she's out till all hours → no regresa hasta muy tarde, vuelve a casa a las tantas
at 30 miles an hour → a 30 millas por hora
hours and hours → horas y horas, horas enteras
to pay sb by the hour → pagar a algn por horas
hour by hour → hora tras hora
he thought his (last) hour had come (fig) → pensó que había llegado su hora
in the hour of danger → en el momento de peligro
in the early hours → en la or de madrugada
at the eleventh hour → a última hora
I've been waiting for hours → llevo horas esperando
we waited hours → esperamos horas y horas
half an hour → media hora
two and a half hours → dos horas y media
to keep late hours → trasnochar, acostarse a altas horas de la noche
to work long hours → trabajar muchas horas
lunch hour → hora f del almuerzo or de comer
on the hour → a la hora en punto
out of hours → fuera de horario
a quarter of an hour → un cuarto de hora
to keep regular hours → llevar una vida ordenada
in the small hours → en la or de madrugada
to strike the hour → dar la hora
he took hours to do it → tardó horas en hacerlo
she always takes hours to get ready → siempre se tira horas para arreglarse
visiting hours → horas de visita
B. CPD hour hand N → horario m
hour [ˈaʊər]
n
(= sixty minutes) → heure f
How many hours will it take? → Combien d'heures est-ce que cela va prendre?
for three hours → pendant trois heures, trois heures
to pay sb by the hour → payer qn à l'heure
at 30 miles an hour → à 50 km à l'heure
at 60 kilometres per hour → à 60 kilomètres à l'heure
a quarter of an hour → un quart d'heure
half an hour → une demi-heure
two and a half hours → deux heures et demie
to take hours (= a long time) [task, journey] → prendre des heures
to take hours to do sth (= a long time) → passer des heures à faire qch
She always takes hours to get ready → Elle passe toujours des heures à se préparer.
to do sth hour after hour → faire qch des heures d'affilée
How many hours will it take? → Combien d'heures est-ce que cela va prendre?
for three hours → pendant trois heures, trois heures
to pay sb by the hour → payer qn à l'heure
at 30 miles an hour → à 50 km à l'heure
at 60 kilometres per hour → à 60 kilomètres à l'heure
a quarter of an hour → un quart d'heure
half an hour → une demi-heure
two and a half hours → deux heures et demie
to take hours (= a long time) [task, journey] → prendre des heures
to take hours to do sth (= a long time) → passer des heures à faire qch
She always takes hours to get ready → Elle passe toujours des heures à se préparer.
to do sth hour after hour → faire qch des heures d'affilée
(= time) → heure f
between the hours of eleven and twelve (in the morning) → entre onze heures et midi
at all hours of [day, night, morning] → à toute heure de
at all hours of the day and night → à toute heure du jour et de la nuit
in the early hours, in the small hours (= in the very early morning) → au petit matin, au petit jour
between the hours of eleven and twelve (in the morning) → entre onze heures et midi
at all hours of [day, night, morning] → à toute heure de
at all hours of the day and night → à toute heure du jour et de la nuit
in the early hours, in the small hours (= in the very early morning) → au petit matin, au petit jour
(on clock) → heure f
on the hour → toutes les heures
The buses leave on the hour → Les bus partent toutes les heures.
five minutes past the hour → cinq minutes après l'heure
five minutes before the hour → cinq minutes avant l'heure hours
on the hour → toutes les heures
The buses leave on the hour → Les bus partent toutes les heures.
five minutes past the hour → cinq minutes après l'heure
five minutes before the hour → cinq minutes avant l'heure hours
hour
hour:
n
→ Stunde f; (= time of day) → Zeit f; half an hour, a half hour → eine halbe Stunde; three-quarters of an hour → eine Dreiviertelstunde, drei viertel Stunden; a quarter of an hour → eine Viertelstunde, eine viertel Stunde; an hour and a half → anderthalb or eineinhalb Stunden; it’s two hours’ walk from here → von hier geht man zwei Stunden, von hier sind es zu Fuß zwei Stunden; two hours’ walk from here there is an old castle → nach einem Weg von zwei Stunden kommt man an ein altes Schloss or zu einem alten Schloss; at 1500/1530 hours → um 15.00/15.30 Uhr; at fifteen hundred/fifteen thirty hours (spoken) → um fünfzehn Uhr/fünfzehn Uhr dreißig; hour by hour → mit jeder Stunde, stündlich; hour after hour → Stunde um Stunde; on the hour → zur vollen Stunde; every hour on the hour → jede volle Stunde; 20 minutes past the hour → 20 Minuten nach; at the hour of his death → in der Stunde seines Todes, in seiner Todesstunde; at an early hour → früh, zu früher Stunde (geh); at a late hour → spät, zu später Stunde (geh); at all hours (of the day and night) → zu jeder (Tages- und Nacht)zeit; what! at this hour of the night! → was! zu dieser nachtschlafenden Zeit!; what is the hour? (old) → wie viel Uhr ist es?; to drive at 50 kilometres an hour → 50 Kilometer in der Stunde or 50 Stundenkilometer fahren; a 30 mile(s) an or per hour limit → eine Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung von 30 Meilen in der Stunde; to be paid by the hour → stundenweise bezahlt werden; she is paid £6 an hour → sie bekommt £6 pro Stunde`
hours pl (inf: = a long time) → Stunden pl; for hours → stundenlang; hours and hours → Stunden und aber Stunden; I was hours late → ich war sehr spät dran (inf), → ich hatte mich um Stunden verspätet; the train was hours late → der Zug hatte Stunden Verspätung; he took hours to do it → er brauchte ewig lang (inf) → or stundenlang dazu
hours pl (of banks, shops etc) → Geschäftszeit(en) f(pl); (of pubs, park etc) → Öffnungszeiten pl; (of post office) → Schalterstunden pl; (= office hours) → Dienststunden pl; (= working hours etc) → Arbeitszeit f; (of doctor etc) → Sprechstunde f; out of/after hours (in pubs) → außerhalb der gesetzlich erlaubten Zeit/nach der Polizeistunde; (of school) → außerhalb der Unterrichtszeit/nach Schulschluss; (in shops etc) → außerhalb der Geschäftszeit(en)/nach Laden- or Geschäftsschluss; (in office etc) → außerhalb der Arbeitszeit/nach Dienstschluss; (of doctor etc) → außerhalb/nach der Sprechstunde; what are your hours? (shops, pubs etc) → wann haben Sie geöffnet or offen?; (employee) → wie ist Ihre Arbeitszeit?; the hours are good → die Arbeitszeit ist günstig; to work long hours → einen langen Arbeitstag haben; (doctors, nurse, policeman etc) → lange Dienststunden haben
hour:
hourglass
n → Sanduhr f, → Stundenglas nt (old)
adj figure → kurvenreich
hour hand
n → Stundenzeiger m, → kleiner Zeiger
hour [ˈaʊəʳ] n → ora
at 30 miles an hour → a 30 miglia all'ora
hour by hour → ora per ora
on the hour → ad ogni ora precisa
in the early or small hours → alle ore piccole
at all hours (of the day and night) → a tutte le ore (del giorno e della notte)
at this late hour → in questa fase avanzata
he thought his (last) hour had come → pensò che fosse giunta la sua ora
in the hour of danger → nel momento del pericolo
to pay sb by the hour → pagare qn a ore
to wait (for) hours → aspettare per (delle) ore
hours and hours → ore e ore
to keep regular hours → fare una vita regolare
out of hours → fuori orario
after hours (at office) → dopo le ore d'ufficio (at shop, pub) → dopo l'ora di chiusura
at 30 miles an hour → a 30 miglia all'ora
hour by hour → ora per ora
on the hour → ad ogni ora precisa
in the early or small hours → alle ore piccole
at all hours (of the day and night) → a tutte le ore (del giorno e della notte)
at this late hour → in questa fase avanzata
he thought his (last) hour had come → pensò che fosse giunta la sua ora
in the hour of danger → nel momento del pericolo
to pay sb by the hour → pagare qn a ore
to wait (for) hours → aspettare per (delle) ore
hours and hours → ore e ore
to keep regular hours → fare una vita regolare
out of hours → fuori orario
after hours (at office) → dopo le ore d'ufficio (at shop, pub) → dopo l'ora di chiusura
n hour [ˈauə]
(sometimes abbreviated tohrwhen written)
1 sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay. uur ساعَه час hodina time; -timers die Stunde ώρα hora tund يكساعت tunti heure שָׁעָה घंटा sat, ura óra jam klukkustund ora １時間 한 시간 valanda stunda jam uur time godzina hora oră час hodina ura sat timme ชั่วโมง saat 小時 година گھنٹہ giờ; tiếng (đồng hồ) 小时
2 the time at which a particular thing happens when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours. uur وَقْت حُدوث الشَّيء час hodina, chvíle time; tid; -tid die Stunde ώρα hora aeg زمان aika heure שָׁעָה समय cas, trenutak vminek az ideje jam tiltekin stund; tími dags; afgreiðslutími ora, tempo, orario 時 (특정한) 때 valanda, laikas (iestādes) darba laiks; pieņemšanas laiks waktu uur tid(spunkt), stund czas, godzina hora oră время; период hodina, chvíľa čas čas tid, tidpunkt, stund ช่วงเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่ง saat, zaman 事情發生的當刻 певний час کسی حادثے کے ہونے کا وقت khoảng thời gian ấn định để làm gì 时刻，时间
adj / adv hourly
(happening or done) every hour Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports. uurliks في كُل ساعَه ежечасов hodinový; každou hodinu hver time; pr time; time- stündlich ωριαίος de hora en hora, cada hora igatunnine هر يكساعت يكبار joka tunti horaire; toutes les heures מִדֵי שָׁעָה हर घंटे बाद svaki sat; po satu, za svaki sat óránként(i) setiap jam á klukkustundar fresti ogni ora; frequente １時間ごとの 매시간의 kas valandą ikstundas-; ik stundu setiap jam per uur, elk uur hver time, times- godzinny de hora a hora din oră în oră ежечасно hodinový; každú hodinu vsakouren; vsako uro na sat vremena en gång i timmen, varje timme ทุกชั่วโมง saat başı, saatte bir olan 每小時一次(的) щогодинний ہر گھنٹہ hàng giờ 每小时一次（的）
n hour-glass
a device that measures time in hours by passing sand from one glass container through a narrow tube into a lower container. uurglas ساعَه رَمْلِيَّه пясъчен часовник přesýpací hodiny timeglas die Sanduhr κλεψύδρα reloj de arena liivakell ساعت شني tiimalasi sablier שָׁעוֹן חוֹל रेत की घड़ी pješcana ura homokóra jam pasir stundaglas clessidra 砂時計 모래 시계 smėlio laikrodis smilšu pulkstenis jam pasir zandloper timeglass klepsydra ampulheta clepsidră песочные часы presýpacie hodiny peščena ura peščani sat timglas นาฬิกาทราย kum saati 沙漏 пісковий годинник ریت گھڑی đồng hồ cát 沙漏
hour hand
the smaller of the two hands of a watch or clock, which shows the time in hours. uurwyser عَقْرَب السّاعَه стрелка на часовник hodinová ručička den lille viser der Stundenzeiger ωροδείκτης horario tunniosuti عقربك ساعت tuntiviisari petite aiguille מְחוֹג הַשָׁעָה घड़ी में घंटा बजाने वाली सुई velika kazaljka (za sate) kismutató jarum jam litli vísirinn lancetta delle ore 短針 (시계의) 시침 valandinė rodyklė (pulksteņa) stundu rādītājs jarum pendek kleine (klokke)wijzer time-/lilleviseren wskazówka godzinowa ponteiro das horas limbă de ceas часовая стрелка hodinová ručička urni kazalec mala kazaljka timvisare เข็มสั้น akrep 時針 годинна стрілка گھڑی کی چھوٹی گھنٹہ بتانے والی سوئی kim chỉ giờ 时针
at all hours
at irregular times, especially late at night He comes home at all hours. alewig, die hele tyd في أوْقاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَه по всяко време v kteroukoli dobu på alle mulige tidspunkter; på underlige tidspunkter zu jeder Zeit οποιαδήποτε ώρα της ημέρας a cualquier hora millal tahes وقت و بی وقت kaikkina aikoina à toute/n'importe quelle heure בְּכָל שָׁעָה देर रात से आना u svako doba a nap minden órájában sembarang waktu hvenær dagsins sem er a qualsiasi ora 時を選ばず 때를 가리지 않고 bet kuriuo metu jebkurā laikā; jebkurā diennakts stundā lewat malam op onmogelijke tijden; volgens eigen goeddunken; heel laat til alle døgnets tider o różnych porach a qualquer hora la ore târzii в любое время; когда придётся kedykoľvek ob vsakem času bilo kada vid alla tider på dygnet ทุกเมื่อ her zaman 不確定時間(尤指半夜) коли придеться بڑی دیر تک cho đến bất cứ lúc nào (mặc dù không thích hợp hoặc không thuận tiện) 在任何时间
for hours
for a very long time We waited for hours for the train. vir ure لِساعاتٍ طويلَه часове наред hodiny i timevis stundenlang για ώρες, επί μακρόν durante horas tundide kaupa به مدت طولانی tunteja des heures לְמֶשֶך שָׁעוֹת घंटों satima „órákig” berjam-jam í langan tíma, klukkustundum saman per ore 何時間も 몇 시간이고 계속해서 ištisas valandas stundām ilgi berjam-jam lamanya urenlang i timevis godzinami durante horas ore întregi часами, долго hodiny ure in ure satima i timmar (timtal) นานมาก saatlerce 很長一段時間 години بہت لمبے وقت تک nhiều giờ đồng hồ 很长时间
on the hour
at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening. op die uur كل ساعَه: في الساعة الواحِدَه، الثانيَه، الثالِثَه،... на часа v celou hodinu hver fulde time zur vollen Stunde ακριβώς πάνω στην αλλαγή της ώρας (a las horas) en punto täistunnil راس ساعت tasatunnein à l'heure juste בְּשָעָה עָגוּלָה ठीक समय पर svakih sat vremena (minden)órakor setiap jam á heila tímanum all'ora esatta 正時に 정시에 tiksliai (kurią) valandą veselā stundā setiap satu jam elk uur hver (hele) time o pełnej godzinie em cada hora la oră fixă точно каждый час (keď je) celá hodina ob polni uri svakog punog sata varje hel timme ในช่วงเวลา (her) saat başı 準點 на початку кожної години بالکل پورے وقت پر đúng 1, 2, 3...giờ （在某一钟点）准点地
hour → ساعة hodina time Stunde ώρα hora tunti heure sat ora 一時間 시간 uur time godzina hora час timme ชั่วโมง saat giờ 小时
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