clock

CEFRA1

/klɒk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that shows the time.

  2. 02

    verb

    To measure a speed or record a time.

Examples

  • You must come back before nine o'clock.

  • She heard the clock strike midnight.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [kl̥ɒχ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

  2. The odometer of a motor vehicle.

  3. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.

More examples

In context

  • The film started at 2 o'clock.

  • A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.

  • This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

First 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”), Icela...