hour

hour
noun
1 period of sixty minutes
ADJECTIVE
full, solid

I slept for eight solid hours.

contact, credit (AmE) (both education)

the number of contact hours per week

VERB + HOUR
take

It takes two hours to get to Vancouver.

spend
waste
last

The performance lasted three hours.

gain, lose

You lose five hours when you fly from New York to London.

HOUR + VERB
go by, pass

An hour passed and she still hadn't arrived.

PREPOSITION
by the hour

They're paid by the hour.

for an hour

She worked for three hours.

in an hour, within an hour

I should be back within a couple of hours.

over an hour, under an hour

He's been gone for over an hour.

per hour

Top speed is 120 miles per hour.

within the hour

We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour).

hour of

There are still two hours of daylight left.

PHRASES
half an hour
hour after hour
in an hour's time (esp. BrE)
with every passing hour

She grew more worried with every passing hour.

2 the hour time when a new hour starts
VERB + THE HOUR
chime, strike

The clock struck the hour.

PREPOSITION
on the hour

Buses leave every hour on the hour.

past the hour

ten minutes past the hour

to the hour (esp. BrE)

ten minutes to the hour

3 time when you do a particular activity
ADJECTIVE
lunch
peak, rush

rush-hour traffic

happy (= time in the early evening when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at lower prices than usual)
VERB + HOUR
spend

I spent my lunch hour shopping.

PREPOSITION
hour of

an hour of rest

4 hours time when sb is working/a business is open
ADJECTIVE
office, opening, visiting, working

the hospital's visiting hours

flexible
long
regular
licensing (BrE)

Britain's licensing hours (= when pubs are allowed to open)

VERB + HOURS
work

She works very long hours.

keep

He keeps regular hours.

PREPOSITION
after hour

He spends a lot of time in his office after hours.

out of hour (esp. BrE)

Doctors often have to work out of hours.

5 time when sth happens
ADJECTIVE
darkest, finest

The war years were often thought of as the country's finest hour.

antisocial (esp. BrE), unearthly (esp. BrE), ungodly, unsocial (esp. BrE)

I apologize for calling you at this ungodly hour.

Bakers have to work unsocial hours.

early, early-morning (esp. AmE), small, wee small hours (= the hours after midnight)

The party continued well into the early hours.

late
waking

She spends every waking hour at the gym.

HOUR + VERB
come

The hour had come for us to leave.

PREPOSITION
between the hours of

The office is closed between the hours of twelve and two.

hour of

the hours of darkness

PHRASES
your hour of need

She helped me in my hour of need.


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