American English pronunciation
How to pronounce hour
IPA transcription: ['aʊɚ]
Pronunciation variants: ['aʊɚ]['aʊɹ]
Hear “hour” pronounced
['aʊɚ]
Quality: 0.97
['aʊɚ]
Quality: 0.97
['aʊɚ]
Quality: 0.97
Noun
-
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”
Usage examples
- All hours hurt, but the last one kills.
- After four hours, as night fell, Calder gave orders to discontinue the action.
- Kenneth reacted badly to the steroids, he's under observation for the next hour.
- Modern items are sometimes used "after hours" or in a hidden fashion.
- It was impossible to remember all the details that he covered in an hour.
- Shourie has been called a "veteran journalist".
- You will spend that hour getting acquainted with Marshall Bailey.
- The final two half-hour shows only feature Space Ghost.
- It was impossible to remember all the details that he covered in an hour.
- Stagecoach West Scotland provide a half-hourly to hourly service to Ayr.