Definition of HOUR

hour

Plural: hours

Noun

  • A period of sixty minutes; twenty-fourth part of a day.
  • a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
    • "the job will take more than an hour"
  • clock time
    • "the hour is getting late"
  • a special and memorable period
    • "it was their finest hour"
  • distance measured by the time taken to cover it
    • "we live an hour from the airport"
  • A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
  • A season, moment, or time.
  • The time.
  • Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
  • The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.
  • The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
  • A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

Examples

  • After an hour of intense Scrabble, only a few points separated the players.
  • I asked my manager for more hours.
  • I spent an hour at lunch.
  • The hour grows late and I must go home.
  • The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.
  • This place is an hour away from where I live.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

60 minutes, hr, minute, time of day, stound

Scrabble Score: 7

hour: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hour: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hour: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

hour: valid Words With Friends Word