Meaning

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

    Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation)

    I spent an hour at lunch.

    a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

  2. A season, moment, or time.

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

    clock time

  3. (poetic)The time.

    The hour grows late and I must go home.

    Zeit, Uhr, Stunde

    часčas, вре́мяvrémja, годи́наgodína

    годи́наhodýna

    distance measured by the time taken to cover it

  4. (in the plural)Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

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

  7. (US)A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

    This place is an hour away from where I live.

Examples

5863 sentences
  1. I met her an hour ago.

    Я зустрів її годину тому.

    ruЯ встретил её час назад.

    deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen.

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  2. I'll be back within an hour.

    Я повернуся протягом години.

    ruЯ вернусь в течение часа.

    deIn einer Stunde bin ich wieder da.

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  3. The accident happened two hours ago.

    Аварія сталася дві години тому.

    ruАвария произошла два часа назад.

    deDer Unfall ist vor zwei Stunden passiert.

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  4. That kid kept crying for hours.

    Ця дитина плакала годинами.

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  5. I'll be back in two hours.

    Я повернуся за дві години.

    ruЯ вернусь через два часа.

    deIch bin in zwei Stunden zurück.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
time period of sixty minutes:
Русский
By meaning 1
the time:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the time:
time period of sixty minutes:

Origin

From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), fr

From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ġēar (“year”). Doublet of hora and year. Compare horary.

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Forms

plural: hours
Singularhour
Pluralhours

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

87 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an hour
  • three hours
  • for three hours
  • how many hours
  • a few hours
  • about three hours
  • hours ago
  • three hours to
  • an hour ago
  • hours a day
  • many hours
  • than three hours

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hour — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto