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Meaning of 'hour' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hour [ n.]
- The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
- The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
- Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
- Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
- A measure of distance traveled.

Meaning of 'hour' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hour [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a special and memorable period
Example in sentence:
  • it was their finest hour
Meaning (2):
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
Example in sentence:
  • its just 10 minutes away;
  • we live an hour from the airport
Meaning (3):
- clock time
Example in sentence:
  • the hour is getting late
Meaning (4):
- a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
Example in sentence:
  • the job will take more than an hour

Nearby Words:

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