Meaning of hour | Babel Free

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1. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)
2. A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
3. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
4. A season, moment, or time.
5. A longer than usual or customary period of time for a given activity: worked long hours to finish the project on time.
6. high time (usually with "ya")
7. The time.
   poetic
8. (hr) A unit of time measurement equal to 60 min (3600 s).
9. hour, period (of class)
10. Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
    in-plural
11. (sometimes abbreviated to hr when written).
    sometimes abbreviated to
12. appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
13. The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.
    in-plural
14. (happening or done) every hour. Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports. uurliks في كُل ساعَه ежечасов de hora a hora hodinový; každou hodinu stündlich hver time; pr time; time- 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-...
15. The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
    in-plural
16. 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 ampulheta přesýpací hodiny die Sanduhr timeglas 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 zandlopertimeglassklepsydra دساعت ښیښه ampulheta clepsidră песочные часы presýpacie hodin...
17. A distance that can be traveled in one hour.
    US
18. the smaller of the two hands of a watch or clock, which shows the time in hours. uurwyser عَقْرَب السّاعَه стрелка на часовник ponteiro das horas hodinová ručička der Stundenzeiger den lille viser 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 (klokken)wijzer time-/lille...
19. at irregular times, especially late at night. He comes home at all hours. alewig, die hele tyd في أوْقاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَه по всяко време a qualquer hora v kteroukoli dobu zu jeder Zeit på alle mulige tidspunkter; på underlige tidspunkter 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 ...
    especially
20. for a very long time. We waited for hours for the train. vir ure لِساعاتٍ طويلَه часове наред durante horas hodiny stundenlang i timevis 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 urenlangi timevis godzinami په اوږدی مودی سره durante horas ore întregi часами, долго hodiny ure in ure satima i timmar ...
21. 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 em cada hora v celou hodinu zur vollen Stunde hver fulde time ακριβώς πάνω στην αλλαγή της ώρας 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 setia...
    etc
22. One of the 24 equal parts of a day.

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“Holonyms: day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond”

“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond”

“Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation)”

“I spent an hour at lunch.”

“There's a bus at 20 past the hour.”

“We still have a couple hours left to do in the yard.”

“During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]”

“It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.”

“[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.”

“Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.”

“From childhood's hour I have not been / As others were; I have not seen / As others saw; I could not bring / My passions from a common spring.”

“Now will be a good hour to show you Milly Erne's grave.”

“The hour grows late and I must go home.”

“By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.”

“I asked my manager for more hours.”

“The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.”

“This place is an hour away from where I live.”

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