hour

nom

1. 1

   A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

   Holonyms: day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

   Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond

   Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation)

   I spent an hour at lunch.

2. 2

   A season, moment, or time.

   Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.

   From childhood's hour I have not been / As others were; I have not seen / As others saw; I could not bring / My passions from a common spring.

   Now will be a good hour to show you Milly Erne's grave.

3. 3

   The time.

   The hour grows late and I must go home.

4. 4

   Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

   By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.

5. 5

   The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.

   I asked my manager for more hours.

   The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.

6. 6

   The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.

7. 7

   A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

   This place is an hour away from where I live.

Formes

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