Hour
WordNet

noun


(1)   Distance measured by the time taken to cover it
"We live an hour from the airport"
"Its just 10 minutes away"
(2)   A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
"The job will take more than an hour"
(3)   Clock time
"The hour is getting late"
(4)   A special and memorable period
"It was their finest hour"
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Etymology


houre, oure from (h)oure from houre, (h)ore from from . Displaced native stunde, stound "hour, moment" (from stund "hour, time, moment"), ȝetid, tid "hour, time" (from *ġetīd, cf getīd "hour, time").

Noun


  1. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
    I spent an hour at lunch.
  2. The time.
    The hour grows late and I must go home.
 
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