hour
21hour — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, hour of the day, from Greek hōra more at year Date: 13th century 1. a time or office for daily liturgical devotion;… …
22hour — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A period of time] Syn. time unit, sixty minutes, man hour, ampere hour, planetary hour, horsepower hour, recitation hour, lecture hour, class hour, supper hour, study hour, rush hour; see also time 1 . 2. [An appointed time]… …
23hour — [[t]aʊər, ˈaʊ ər[/t]] n. 1) hor a period of time equal to 1/24 of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes 2) hor any specific one of these 24 periods, usu. reckoned in two series of 12, one series from midnight to noon and the… …
24hour — /ˈaʊə / (say owuh) noun 1. a space of time equal to one 24th part of a mean solar day or civil day; 60 minutes. 2. a short or limited period of time. 3. a particular or appointed time: her hour of triumph. 4. the present time: the song of the… …
25hour — noun 1》 a period of time equal to a twenty fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes. 2》 a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday. ↘(hours) [with preceding numeral] a time so specified on… …
26hour*/*/*/ — [aʊə] noun 1) [C] a period of time that consists of 60 minutes He left about an hour ago.[/ex] Brighton is only an hour away (= it takes an hour to get there).[/ex] I earn £12 an hour (= for each hour spent working).[/ex] 2) hours [plural] a long …
27hour — /aυə/ noun 1. a period of time lasting sixty minutes ♦ to work a thirty five hour week to work seven hours a day each weekday ♦ we work an eight hour day we work for eight hours a day, e.g. from 8.30 to 5.30 with one hour for lunch 2. sixty… …
28Hour —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Hour (Houyet).  Hour (de 2011 Hour Community) est un hebdomadaire culturel gratuit de Montréal, Québec, Canada. Ce journal, publié par les Communications Voir Inc., est le pendant anglophone de l hebdo… …
29hour·ly — /ˈawɚli/ adj 1 : happening every hour hourly bus service 2 a : paid for one hour of work an hourly wage [=an amount paid for each hour of work] 2 b : paid by the hour : earning an hourly wage …
30hour — The Jews divided the day into twelve hours, with the sixth hour being noon. There were four watches of three hours each, after the military pattern. In the gospel of John, Jesus ‘hour’ refers to his passion, death, and resurrection. These are… …
