Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).

    The next train comes at twelve o'clock (= "The next train comes at noon").

    zwölf Uhr

  2. (uncountable, usually)The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00).

    The bar closes at twelve o'clock (= "The bar closes at midnight").

    zwölf Uhr

  3. (informal, uncountable, usually)A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face)

    We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock (= "We've got a bogey straight in front of us").

Examples

20 sentences
  1. It's almost twelve o'clock.

    Вже майже 12. — deniko

    ruУже почти двенадцать часов. — Hellerick

    deEs ist fast zwölf Uhr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. They eat dinner at twelve o'clock.

  3. Tom usually eats lunch at twelve o'clock.

  4. Our plane took off at exactly twelve o'clock.

    ruНаш самолет взлетел ровно в двенадцать часов. — zhekka

  5. He eats at twelve o'clock.

    Він їсть о дванадцятій годині. — deniko

    deEr ißt um zwölf Uhr. — Waldelfe

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon:

Forms

plural: twelve o'clocks
Singulartwelve o'clock

uncountable

See also

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