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An h___ is a period of sixty minutes.An hour is a period of sixty minutes.They waited for about two hours.I only slept about half an hour that night....a twenty-four hour strike.London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed. nounAn hour is a period of sixty minutes.They waited for about two hours.I only slept about half an hour that night....a twenty-four hour strike.London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time.Getting there would take hours.A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on.You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour ....the hour of his execution.The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour.If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling .He was one of the first people to stand by me in my hour of need....the darkest hour of my professional life.You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates....the hours of darkness.Phone us on this number during office hours....outside prison visiting hours.If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it.I worked quite irregular hours.The job was easy; the hours were good. A1

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hour hours

query	An h___ is a period of sixty minutes.An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours. I only slept about half an hour that night. ...a twenty-four hour strike. London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed.
word	hour
full-definition	noun An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours. I only slept about half an hour that night. ...a twenty-four hour strike. London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed. People say that something takes or lasts hours to emphasize that it takes or lasts a very long time, or what seems like a very long time. Getting there would take hours. A clock that strikes the hour strikes when it is exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, and so on. You can refer to a particular time or moment as a particular hour . ...the hour of his execution. The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour. If you refer, for example, to someone's hour of need or hour of happiness, you are referring to the time in their life when they are or were experiencing that condition or feeling . He was one of the first people to stand by me in my hour of need. ...the darkest hour of my professional life. You can refer to the period of time during which something happens or operates each day as the hours during which it happens or operates. ...the hours of darkness. Phone us on this number during office hours. ...outside prison visiting hours. If you refer to the hours involved in a job, you are talking about how long you spend each week doing it and when you do it. I worked quite irregular hours. The job was easy; the hours were good.
inflections	hours
cefr-level	A1

Hour I Time Period Sixty Minutes Long Refer