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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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hour

Noun

1. a period of time equal to 60 minutes; ¹⁄₂₄ of a day

2. any of the points on the face of a clock or watch that indicate intervals of 60 minutes: in my hurry I mistook the hour

3. the time of day

4. the time allowed for or used for something: a three and a half hour test

5. the distance covered in an hour: an hour from the heart of Tokyo

6. a special moment: the decisive hour

See also hours [Latin hora]

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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 time

2. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or ¹/₂₄ of a great circle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hour - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" 60 minutes, hr 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 min, minute - a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" 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" time of day 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" high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon - the middle of the day 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 sundown, sunset - the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon 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" minute distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points

Translations

hour [ˈauəʳ] n → hora;

at 30 miles an hour → a 30 millas por hora;

lunch hour → la hora del almuerzo or de comer;

to pay sb by the hour → pagar a algn por horas

hour [ˈauəʳ] n → heure f;

at 30 miles an hour → à 50 km à l'heure;

lunch hour → heure du déjeuner;

to pay sb by the hour → payer qn à l'heure

hour [ˈauəʳ] n → Stunde f;

(time) → Zeit f;

at 60 miles an hour → mit 60 Meilen in der Stunde;

lunch hour → Mittagspause f;

to pay sb by the hour → jdn stundenweise bezahlen

hour [ˈauəʳ] n → ora;

at 30 miles an hour → a 30 miglia all'ora;

lunch hour → intervallo di pranzo;

to pay sb by the hour → pagare qn a ore

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hour

n hour [ˈauə]

(sometimes abbreviated to hr when 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 hetki, aika heure שָׁעָה समय cas, trenutak vminek az ideje jam tiltekin stund; tími dags; afgreiðslutími ora, tempo, orario 時 (특정의) 시간, 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 時刻，時間 певний час کسی حادثے کے ہونے کا وقت khoảng thời gian ấn định để làm gì 时刻，时间

adj / adv ˈhourly

(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 jokatuntinen, tunnin välein 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 한 시간마다의; 한 시간마다 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 ˈhour-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 tuntiosoitin petite aiguille מְחוֹג הַשָׁעָה घड़ी में घंटा बजाने वाली सुई velika kazaljka (za sate) kismutató jarum jam litli vísirinn lancetta delle ore 短針 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 mihin aikaan tahansa 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 언제나 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 在任何時間 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 tuntikaupalla des heures לְמֶשֶך שָׁעוֹת घंटों satima „órákig” berjam-jam í langan tíma, klukkustundum saman per ore 何時間も 몇 시간 동안 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 시간을 꼭 맞추어 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 (在某一鐘點)準點地 на початку кожної години بالکل پورے وقت پر đúng 1, 2, 3...giờ （在某一钟点）准点地