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hour
What does hour mean?
hour (noun): a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use hour in a sentence?
- I spent an hour at lunch. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- We still have a couple hours left to do in the yard. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where does hour come from?
From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Old French houre.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to hour
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “hour” mean?
one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
Not quite: that's what alternative means.
a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes)
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the act of giving something in return for something received
Not quite: that's what exchange means.
the dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is
Not quite: that's what size means.
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