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office hours

office hours noun: the times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.

Noun

office hours pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.
    • To request a brochure, please call during office hours.
    • He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine.1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Again in the Country”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 274
  2. (plural, plural-only) A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment.
    • If you need help with the homework, the professor will be holding office hours on Thursday from 7–9pm.

office hours meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Persian

office hours in Tamil

அலுவலக நேரங்கள்

office hours in Urdu

دفتر کے اوقات

office hours in Kannada

ಕಚೇರಿ ವೇಳೆ

office hours in Persian

times when office workers are at their desks
ساعت کاری

Questions about office hours

What does office hours mean?
Office hours means the times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.
What is office hours in Tamil?
Office hours in Tamil is அலுவலக நேரங்கள். See Office hours meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is office hours?
Office hours is a noun.

Words near office hours in the dictionary

  1. office floor plates
  2. office girl
  3. office girls
  4. office holder
  5. office holders
  6. office hours
  7. office job
  8. office jobs
  9. office ladies
  10. office lady
  11. office landscape

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Adapted from Wiktionary: office hours (page history and authors); office hours (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); office hours (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); office hours (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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