Hour (Noun)
Meaning 1
Distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- We're about two hours from the coast if traffic is light.
- It's a bit of a drive, the museum is almost three hours away from our town.
- If we don't take any breaks, it's roughly five hours from the station to her village.
- My cabin is a long hike – you'll need the best part of a day or just a short 10 minute boat ride and about two hours uphill afterwards to reach it from here.
- You won't make the trek under a good 2 and half hours as long as the steep muddy tracks prevail up ahead, most others made much worse due to other adventurous or wild ones carelessness through winter trails.scalablytyped
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Meaning 2
A special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The last game of the season was the team's finest hour, as they came from behind to win the championship.
- For many musicians, the night they performed at the legendary Woodstock festival was their most defining hour.
- The scientists' hour of triumph came after years of dedicated research, as their groundbreaking discovery was announced to the world.
- The charity's hour of need was met with an outpouring of support from the local community, who rallied around the cause.
- The company's darkest hour was when they faced a major financial crisis, but they managed to bounce back and emerge stronger.
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Meaning 3
A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- I'll try to be there within an hour of receiving your message.
- She can't work an hour without taking a break to grab some water.
- The show starts in an hour, don't be late.
- Can you stay up for another hour, I'm almost done with this project.
- That was a tough hour of exercise, but I feel better now.
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Meaning 4
Clock time; "the hour is getting late".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- It's already past the hour and we still have so much to do.
- The hour is getting late, we should start wrapping up this meeting.
- I promised I'd be home by the hour, don't worry I'm on my way.
- She checked the clock and realized the hour was closer to midnight than she thought.
- As the hour drew to a close, the party showed no signs of slowing down.
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- Noonday
- Gloam
- Break Of The Day
- Gloaming
- Sunup
- Midday
- Sunrise
- Noontide
- Break Of Day
- Twelve Noon
- Crepuscule
- First Light
- Dayspring
- Cockcrow
- Dawning
- Crepuscle
- Morning
- Evenfall
- High Noon
- Sundown
- Aurora
- Daybreak
- Fall
- Dusk
- Nightfall