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How to pronounce hour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms time of day
Type of time, clock time
Has types late-night hour, mealtime, midday, midnight, morning, nightfall, none, noon, noonday, noontide, rush hour, small hours, sundown, sunrise, sunset, sunup, twelve noon, twilight, zero hour, aurora, bedtime, break of day, break of the day, canonical hour, closing time, cockcrow, crepuscle, crepuscule, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, dusk, early-morning hour, evenfall, fall, first light, gloam, gloaming, happy hour, high noon
Derivation horary


the hour is getting late.
Type Words
Synonyms minute
Type of distance


we live an hour from the airport.
Type Words
Synonyms 60 minutes, hr
Type of unit of time, time unit
Has types man hour, sidereal hour, person hour
Derivation horary, hourly


the job will take more than an hour.
Type Words
Type of period of time, period, time period


it was their finest hour.

Examples of hour

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In-district students would pay $85 per credit hour, compared to the current $80.
From the stltoday.com
Bake until top is golden brown and splits slightly, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
From the stltoday.com
Bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
From the stltoday.com
Bake in greased and floured angel food or bundt pan for one hour at 325 degrees.
From the thenewstribune.com
The team made progress after his 24-hour shift, he said, without giving details.
From the bloomberg.com
In some cases, the teams'practices were limited to an hour or less on the field.
From the kansas.com
Three-hour eagle-watching tours are offered aboard the yacht or on land in vans.
From the denverpost.com
Ten Thousand Waves didn't disappoint in my nearly hour-long therapeutic massage.
From the chron.com
Sprinkle zucchini with 1 teaspoon salt and leave to drain in a sieve for 1 hour.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"
  • Clock time; "the hour is getting late"
  • A special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour"
  • Distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
  • (hours) a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"
  • The hour (common symbol: h or hr; also known as a stound) is a unit of time. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI with the symbol h.
  • Hour is an English-language urban news magazine published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher is Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief is Jamie O'Meara. It caters to Montreal's anglophone community and is published every Thursday. ...
  • George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight is an award-winning Canadian television talk show broadcast on CBC Television. Originally known as as The Hour from 2005 to 2010, it first aired on January 17, 2005. The program is currently initially broadcast on CBC Television at 11:05 p.m. local time (11:35 p. ...
  • The Hour is a daily newspaper published in . It serves the municipalities of Norwalk, Wilton, Westport, Weston and Stamford. The newspaper was founded in 1871. It was published under the title The Evening Hour from 1895 into the 1900s, at which point it was renamed The Norwalk Hour. ...