hours

/ (aʊəz) /


pl n
  1. a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc

  2. one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours)

  1. an indefinite period of time

  2. 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

  3. the small hours the hours just after midnight

  4. till all hours until very late

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British Dictionary definitions for Hours (2 of 2)

Hours

/ (aʊəz) /


pl n
  1. another word for the Horae

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How to use hours in a sentence

  • It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • The place was well defended by earthworks and natural parapets, and for several hours the issue of the contest was doubtful.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.

  • The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.