hour

CEFRA1

/aʊə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period of sixty minutes or one twenty-fourth of a day.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A season, moment, or time.

Examples

  • I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.

  • I have to go shopping. I'll be back in an hour.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /aː(r)/
  • /ɐʋə(r)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The time.

  2. A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

  3. Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

More examples

In context

  • I spent an hour on the phone.

  • Holonyms: day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

  • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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. Partly displaced native Old English tīd (“time, hour”), whence Modern English tide.