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Learn to pronounce hour

/ˈou(ə)r/
noun
  1. a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.
    "a two-hour operation"
  2. a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday.
    "the clock in the sitting room struck the hour"
  3. a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.
    "the dinner hour"
  4. (in the Western Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities.
    "an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours"
  5. 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle).

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The meaning of HOUR is a time or office for daily liturgical devotion; especially : canonical hour. How to use hour in a sentence.
Mar 20, 2024 · HOUR meaning: 1. a period of 60 minutes: 2. the period of time when a particular activity happens or when a shop…. Learn more.
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
An hour is a unit of time — it's sixty minutes, 3600 seconds, or the length it takes the long hand on your watch to move in a full circle.
An hour is a unit of time historically reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds (SI). There are 60 minutes in an hour, ...
An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours. I only slept about half an hour that night. 2. plural noun.
[plural] a fixed period of time during which people work, an office is open, etc. Opening hours ...
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HOUR meaning: 1 : one of the 24 equal parts of a day 60 minutes; 2 : the time shown on a clock or watch.
hours. noun [ plural ] HR, WORKPLACE. /ˈaʊəz/ us. the amount of time during the day or week that you work:
one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours). an indefinite period of time.