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hour
[ ouuhr, ou-er ]
/ aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /
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noun
adjective
of, relating to, or noting an hour.
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Idioms about hour
- Also one's last hour. the instant of death: The sick man knew that his hour had come.
- any crucial moment.
one's hour,
Origin of hour
1175–1225; Middle English (h)oure<Anglo-French; Old French (h)ore<Latin hōra<Greek hṓrā time, season
OTHER WORDS FROM hour
hourless, adjectiveWords nearby hour
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British Dictionary definitions for hour
hour
/ (aʊə) /
noun
See also hours
Word Origin for hour
C13: from Old French hore, from Latin hōra, from Greek: season
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Scientific definitions for hour
hour
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A unit of time equal to one of the 24 equal parts of a day; 60 minutes.♦ A sidereal hour is 124 of a sidereal day, and a mean solar hour is 124 of a mean solar day. See more at sidereal time solar time.
A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 124 of a great circle.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hour
hour
see after hours; all hours; by the day (hour); eleventh hour; happy hour; keep late hours; on the hour; small hours.
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