hours

Noun

hour (plural hours)

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

   Synonyms:

   stound, microcentury

2. A season, moment, or time.
   • Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.
3. (poetic) The time.
   • The hour grows late and I must go home.
4. (in plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
   • By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.2000, T. C. G. James, edited by Sebastian Cox, The Battle of Britain, →ISBN
5. (in plural) The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.
   • I asked my manager for more hours.
6. (in plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.

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