Hour
['aʊə] or ['aʊɚ]
Definition
(noun.) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; 'we live an hour from the airport'; 'its just 10 minutes away'.
(noun.) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; 'the job will take more than an hour'.
(noun.) clock time; 'the hour is getting late'.
(noun.) a special and memorable period; 'it was their finest hour'.
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Definition
(n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
(n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
(n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
(n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
(n.) A measure of distance traveled.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sixty minutes, twenty-fourth part of a day.
Editor: Ozzie
Definition
n. 60 min. or the 24th part of a day: the time indicated by a clock &c.: an hour's journey or three miles: a time or occasion; (pl. myth.) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours: set times of prayer the canonical hours the offices or services prescribed for these or a book containing them.—ns. Hour′-cir′cle a circle passing through the celestial poles and fixed relatively to the earth: the circle of an equatorial which shows the hour-angle of the point to which the telescope is directed; Hour′-glass an instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand from one glass vessel into another; Hour′-hand the hand which shows the hour on a clock &c.—adj. Hour′ly happening or done every hour: frequent.—adv. every hour: frequently.—n. Hour′plate the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked: the dial.—At the eleventh hour at the last moment possible (Matt. xx. 6 9); In a good or evil hour acting under a fortunate or an unfortunate impulse—from the old belief in astrological influences; Keep good hours to go to bed and to rise early: to lead a quiet and regular life; The hour is come the destined day of fate has come (John xiii. 1); The small hours the early hours of the morning; Three hours service a service held continuously on Good Friday from noon to 3 P.M. in commemoration of the time of Christ's agony on the cross.
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Examples
- The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I was punctual to the luncheon hour on Tuesday. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Redan was within rifle-shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I left Cairo within an hour or two after the receipt of this dispatch, going by rail via Indianapolis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On succeeding days longer flights were made, one of two miles at a speed of forty-six miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- How do Chimes Strike the Hour? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For an hour I have heard the sounds of conflict within the palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The last hour was the longeSt. And yet, at last it passed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No sound was heard from the room until eleven-twenty, the hour of the return of Lady Maynooth and her daughter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am deeply sensible of your generosity, and I shall treasure its remembrance to my dying hour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Odessa is about twenty hours' run from Sebastopol, and is the most northerly port in the Black Sea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All through school hours I make mistakes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some fearful hours went over me: indescribably was I torn, racked and oppressed in mind. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Much relieved when the two hours were at last accomplished, he went away at a quick pace, as a recompense for so much loitering. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Upon this machine 10,010 button holes have been made in nine hours and fifty minutes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Don't be afraid, dear, he said good-naturedly; it is but a twelve hours' passage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They had not been at home many hours, when he presented himself. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One of these happened in 1883 and lasted three hours. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Ricky