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Correct spelling for the English word "hour" is [ˈaʊə], [ˈa͡ʊ͡ə], [ˈa‍ʊ‍ə]] (IPA phonetic alphabet).

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Definition for hour
Anagrams for hour
Common Misspellings for hour
Similar spelling words for hour
Usage examples for hour

Definition of HOUR

  1. owr, n. 60 min., or the 24th part of a day: the time indicated by a clock, &c.: an hour's journey, or three miles: a time or occasion; (pl., myth.) the goddesses of the seasons and the hours: set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.--ns. HOUR'-CIR'CLE, a circle passing through the celestial poles and fixed relatively to the earth: the circle of an equatorial which shows the hour-angle of the point to which the telescope is directed; HOUR'-GLASS, an instrument for measuring the hours by the running of sand from one glass vessel into another; HOUR'-HAND, the hand which shows the hour on a clock, &c.--adj. HOUR'LY, happening or done every hour: frequent.--adv. every hour: frequently.--n. HOUR'PLATE, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked: the dial.--AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, at the last moment possible (Matt. xx. 6, 9); IN A GOOD, OR EVIL, HOUR, acting under a fortunate, or an unfortunate, impulse--from the old belief in astrological influences; KEEP GOOD HOURS, to go to bed and to rise early: to lead a quiet and regular life; THE HOUR IS COME, the destined day of fate has come (John, xiii. 1); THE SMALL HOURS, the early hours of the morning; THREE HOURS SERVICE, a service held continuously on Good Friday, from noon to 3 P.M., in commemoration of the time of Christ's agony on the cross. [O. Fr. hore (Fr. heure)--L. hora--Gr. h[=o]ra.]

Anagrams of HOUR

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Common Misspellings for HOUR

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Usage Examples for HOUR

  1. An hour behind, you mean." - "Love Conquers All" by Robert C. Benchley
  2. But what will you do in the hour of death, as I am, if he isn't your friend, father?" - "Queechy, Volume II" by Elizabeth Wetherell
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