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[1] a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
[2] any specific one of these 24 periods, usually reckoned in two series of 12, one series from midnight to noon and the second from noon to midnight, but sometimes reckoned in one series of 24, from midnight to midnight: He slept for the hour between 2 and 3 a.m. The hour for the bombardment was between 1300 and 1400.
[3] any specific time of day; the time indicated by a timepiece: What is the hour?
[4] a short or limited period of time: He savored his hour of glory.
[5] a particular or appointed time: What was the hour of death? At what hour do you open?
[6] a customary or usual time: When is your dinner hour?
[7] the present time: the man of the hour.
[8] hours, time spent in an office, factory, or the like, or for work, study, etc.: The doctor's hours were from 10 to 4. What an employee does after hours is his or her own business. customary time of going to bed and getting up: to keep late hours. (in the Christian church) the seven stated times of the day for prayer and devotion. the offices or services prescribed for these times. a book containing them.
[9] distance normally covered in an hour's traveling: We live about an hour from the city.
[10] Astronomy . a unit of measure of right ascension representing 15°, or the twenty-fourth part of a great circle.
[11] a single period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation, usually lasting from 40 to 55 minutes. Compare clock-hour.
[12] Education . Also called credit hour. one unit of academic credit, usually representing attendance at one scheduled period of instruction per week throughout a semester, quarter, or term.
[13] the Hours, Classical Mythology . the Horae.
[14] of, relating to, or noting an hour.
[15] one's hour , Also one's last hour. the instant of death: The sick man knew that his hour had come. any crucial moment.
[16] a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
[17] one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
[18] an indefinite period of time
[19] Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): canonical hours the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office the prayers recited at these times
[20] the small hours the hours just after midnight
[21] till all hours until very late
[22] another word for the Horae
[23] a period of time equal to 3600 seconds; 1 /24 th of a calendar day Related adjectives: horal, horary
[24] any of the points on the face of a timepiece that indicate intervals of 60 minutes
[25] the hour an exact number of complete hours the bus leaves on the hour
[26] the time of day as indicated by a watch, clock, etc
[27] the period of time allowed for or used for something the lunch hour ; the hour of prayer
[28] a special moment or period our finest hour
[29] the hour the present time the man of the hour
[30] the distance covered in an hour we live an hour from the city
[31] astronomy an angular measurement of right ascension equal to 15° or a 24th part of the celestial equator
[32] one's hour a time of success, fame, etc Also: one's last hour the time of one's death his hour had come
[33] take one's hour Irish informal to do something in a leisurely manner

Words related to Hours

hourpoint, flash, juncture, time, date, occasion, bit, minute, stage, freedom, moment, event, space, convenience, excuse, hope, generation, past, second, turn

Words nearby Hours

hourhounsfield, hounskull, hounslow, houphouet-boigny, houppelande, hour, hour angle, hour circle, hour hand, hourglass, hourglass contraction

Origin of Hours

1175–1225; Middle English (h)oure < Anglo-French; Old French (h)ore < Latin hōra < Greek hṓrā time, season

Words that may be confused with Hours

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, hourare, hour, our

Other words from Hours

hour·less , adjective

Word origin for Hours

C13: from Old French hore, from Latin hōra, from Greek: season

Synonyms for Hours

bit, date, flash, juncture, minute, occasion, point, stage, time, breathing, crack, instant, jiffy, sec, second, shake, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling, while, wink, jiff, no time, nothing flat, point in time, split second, three winks