hours
plural noun
a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
hours
1 British
/ aʊəz /
plural noun
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a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
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one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
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an indefinite period of time
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Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): canonical hours.
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the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
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the prayers recited at these times
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the hours just after midnight
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until very late
Hours
2
British
/ aʊəz /
plural noun
Example Sentences
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“My family is a circus family. That’s what they did when they were kids and it just passed on to me,” said Francesco, hours before a Wednesday night performance in Santa Ana.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Within hours of Jin’s arrest in October, scores of others involved with Zion were rounded up in a coordinated police campaign across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
A mutual visa-free regime means in just a matter of hours one can take any of several daily flights from Moscow to major Chinese cities.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Bitcoin was down 2.1% to $76,791 over the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Over the summer, my mom moved me two hours away from Trey and my friends and from Owasso to Sallisaw.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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