clock
A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of dayA chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
» This clock is out of order.
Diese Uhr geht nicht. — Manfredo
Эти часы не работают. — heccele
Цей годинник не працює. — rmdas
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12 senses(countable, uncountable)A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
When the clock says midnight.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
(attributive, countable, uncountable)A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.
(UK, countable, uncountable)The odometer of a motor vehicle.
This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.
Tacho, Tachometer
(countable, uncountable)An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
Taktsignal
тактtakt
(countable, uncountable)The seed head of a dandelion.
(countable, uncountable)A time clock.
I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.
We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock.
Uhr, Ühra
часы́časý
годи́нникhodýnnyk
(countable, informal, uncountable)A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
(uncountable)A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A face; the head.
A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
(UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A watch (timepiece).
Examples
646 sentencesThis clock is out of order.
Цей годинник не працює. — rmdas
ruЭти часы не работают. — heccele
deDiese Uhr geht nicht. — Manfredo
Something has happened to this clock.
З цим годинником щось трапилось. — deniko
ruС этими часами что-то случилось. — marafon
deMit der Uhr ist etwas passiert. — Tamy
The clock is ten minutes slow.
Годинник відстає на десять хвилин. — deniko
ruЭти часы отстают на десять минут. — mrtaistoi
deDie Uhr geht zehn Minuten nach. — BraveSentry
He has to repair the clock.
Він мусить полагодити годинник. — deniko
ruОн должен починить часы. — sharptoothed
My clock is five minutes fast.
Мій годинник поспішає на п'ять хвилин. — deniko
ruУ меня часы на пять минут спешат. — marafon
deMeine Uhr geht fünf Minuten vor. — kolonjano
Translations
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Origin
First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from MiddleFirst use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”)). Cognate with Old English clucge (“bell”), Saterland Frisian Klokke (“bell, clock”), Dutch klok (“clock, bell”), Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke (“bell”), Danish and Norwegian klokke (“clock, bell”), Faroese klokka (“clock, bell”), Icelandic klukka (“clock, bell”), Swedish klocka (“clock, bell”), Asturian llueca (“cowbell”), Galician and Portuguese choca (“cowbell”), Doublet of cloak and cloche.
Uncertain; designs may have originally been bell-shaped and thus related to Etymology 1, above.
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Forms
plural: clocksSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
136 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- alarm clock
- my alarm clock
- at the clock
- an alarm clock
- alarm clock didn't
- around the clock
- his alarm clock
- the alarm clock
- the clock on
- clock on the
- this clock is
- the clock is