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How to pronounce hours in English?

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Type Words
Type of time period, period of time, period


they talked for hours.
Type Words
Type of work time
Has types shift, duty period, work shift


they work long hours.

Examples of hours

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Within hours, LaRussa was talking up Tyler Greene as a potential center fielder.
From the stltoday.com
His new deal includes the use of a university private plane for 25 hours a year.
From the stltoday.com
Interstate 44 also has been closed for hours near Eureka and in Franklin County.
From the stltoday.com
Cook on high 6 to 7 hours or on low 9 to 10 hours, until brisket is fork-tender.
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The run to Clinton is about 300 miles and will take about five hours of driving.
From the stltoday.com
He now does dialysis at home six days a week for about three hours each session.
From the thenewstribune.com
He set up camp at the station and went on air, non-stop, for a record 200 hours.
From the thenewstribune.com
The thousands of hours of training in the Port Orange YMCA pool and weight room.
From the news-journalonline.com
Eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 along that stretch were closed for three hours.
From the bostonherald.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. ...