hour
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(noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" |
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Synonyms: minute |
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Related Words: distance |
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(noun) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" |
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Synonyms: 60 minutes, hr |
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Related Words: man hour, person hour, sidereal hour, time unit, unit of time |
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(noun) clock time; "the hour is getting late" |
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Synonyms: time of day |
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Related Words: aurora, bedtime, break of day, break of the day, canonical hour, clock time, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, dusk, early-morning hour, evenfall, fall, first light, gloaming, happy hour, high noon, late-night hour, mealtime, midday, midnight, morning, nightfall, noon, noonday, noontide, rush hour, small hours, sundown, sunrise, sunset, sunup, time, twelve noon, twilight, zero hour |
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(noun) a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour" |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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