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Hours Time Saat Noun Countable Period Early  /ˈaʊə(R)  

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Kind noun
Front hour 
IPA  /ˈaʊə(r)   / noun
Back saat
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hour (noun)

 /ˈaʊə(r)   / noun
 
 1 [countable] (abbreviation hr)
a period of 60 minutes
saat
 He studies for three hours most evenings.
 The programme lasts about half an hour.
 I'm going shopping now. I'll be back in about an hour.
 In two hours' time I'll be having lunch.
 a four-hour journey
 Japan is eight hours ahead of the UK.
 I get paid by the hour.
 How much do you get paid per/an hour?
 2 [countable]
the distance that you can travel in about 60 minutes
 (mesafe) saatlik
 London is only two hours away.
 3 [countable]
a period of about an hour when sth particular happens
saat, vakit
 I'm going shopping in my lunch hour.
 The traffic is very bad in the rush hour (işe gidiş/iş çıkış saati).
 4 (hours)
[plural]
the period of time when sb is working or a shop, etc. is open
saatler
 Office hours are usually from 9am to 5pm.
 Visiting hours in the hospital are from 2 to 3pm.
 Employees are demanding shorter working hours.
 5 (hours)
[plural]
a long time
saatlerce
 He went on speaking for hours and hours.
 6 (the hour)
[singular]
the time when a new hour starts (= 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc.)
saat başı
 Buses are on the hour and at twenty past the hour.
IDIOMS
at/till all hours
at/until any time
geç saatte, geç saatlere kadar
 She stays out till all hours.
at an unearthly hour
(informal)
extremely early in the morning
sabahın körü
the early hours
very early in the morning in the hours after midnight
sabahın erken saatleri
 

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