hour
IPA: ˈaʊɝ
noun
- A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- A season, moment, or time.
- (poetic) The time.
- (military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
- (chiefly US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour.
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Examples of "hour" in Sentences
- I have just one hour left to finish this report before the deadline
- The drive to the beach usually takes about an hour from our house
- He spends hours playing video games, losing track of time
- The meeting was scheduled for noon, but it ended up lasting for over an hour
- I could hear the clock ticking as the hours passed slowly during the long wait at the doctor's office
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