Twenty-four Hours (Noun)
Meaning
Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- It takes the Earth twenty-four hours to make a complete rotation on its axis.
- After spending twenty-four hours in the hospital, she finally felt a little better.
- The bus company operates twenty-four hours a day to accommodate all passengers.
- Working twenty-four hours a day for two days straight left him extremely exhausted.
- Tourists arriving by plane were welcomed at the airport twenty-four hours a day.