o'clock
[ uh-klok ]
/ əˈklɒk /
adverb
of, by, or according to the clock (used in specifying the hour of the day): It is now 4 o'clock.
according to a method for indicating relative position whereby a plane in space is considered to be numbered as a clock's face, with 12 o'clock considered as directly ahead in horizontal position or straight up in vertical position.
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Example sentences from the Web for o'clock
The governor threatened him with death to-morrow by ten o-clock.
Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies)|John HowieBy four o-clock it was growing dark, and Mrs. Levice became restless.
Other Things Being Equal|Emma WolfIt was getting on for three o-clock now, and the quality were beginning to arrive.
The Elusive Pimpernel|Baroness Emmuska Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for o'clock
o'clock
/ (əˈklɒk) /
adverb
used after a number from one to twelve to indicate the hour of the day or night
used after a number to indicate direction or position relative to the observer, twelve o'clock being directly ahead or overhead and other positions being obtained by comparisons with a clock face
Word Origin for o'clock
C18: abbreviation for of the clock
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