hours

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French houre, from Latin hra, from Greek hr, season, time; see yr- in Indo-European roots.]

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hours

Noun, pl

1. an indefinite time: they play on their bikes for hours

2. a period regularly appointed for work or business

3. one's times of rising and going to bed: you keep very late hours

4. RC Church prayers recited at seven specified times of the day

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Hours

Noun, pl

Classical myth the goddesses of the seasons

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hours - a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours" work time - a time period when you are required to work duty period, work shift, shift - the time period during which you are at work
	2.	hours - an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours" 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"