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hour British & World English

a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes

H-hour British & World English

the time of day at which an attack, landing, or other military operation is scheduled to begin

half hour British & World English

a period of thirty minutes

hour hand British & World English

the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour

hour-long British & World English

lasting for one hour

man-hour British & World English

an hour regarded in terms of the amount of work that can be done by one person within this period

rush hour British & World English

a time during each day when traffic is at its heaviest

watt-hour British & World English

a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of one watt for one hour

zero hour British & World English

the time at which a planned operation, typically a military one, is set to begin

family hour British & World English

a period in the evening during which many children and their families watch television, especially 8 to 9 p.m.

golden hour British & World English

the first hour after a traumatic injury, when emergency treatment is most likely to be successful

happy hour British & World English

a period of the day when drinks are sold at reduced prices in a bar or other licensed establishment

lunch hour British & World English

a period in the middle of the day, when people stop work to have lunch

kilowatt-hour (abbreviation: kWh) British & World English

a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of one thousand watts for one hour

literacy hour British & World English

a period in school set aside for developing reading skills, introduced as a daily requirement in English primary schools in 1998

on the hour in hour British & World English

at an exact hour, or at the beginning of each hour, of the day or night

one's finest hour in fine1 British & World English

the time of one’s greatest success

from day to day or hour to hour etc. in from British & World English

daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass

the witching hour in witching British & World English

midnight (with reference to the belief that witches are active and magic takes place at that time)

put off the evil day or hour in evil British & World English

postpone something unpleasant for as long as possible

twenty-four-hour clock (also 24-hour clock) British & World English

a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two units of twelve hours

half an hour in half hour British & World English

a period of thirty minutes

hourglass British & World English

a timing device with two connected glass bulbs containing sand that takes an hour to pass from the upper to the lower bulb

the darkest hour is just before the dawn in dark British & World English

when things seem to be at their worst they are about to start improving

hour English-French

heure f

hour English-German

Stunde

half hour English-French

demi-heure f

zero hour English-French

heure f H

half-hour English-German

halbe Stunde

man-hour English-German

Arbeitsstunde

rush hour English-German

Stoßzeit

half hour English-Italian

mezz'ora f

rush hour English-Italian

ora f di punta

zero hour English-Italian

ora f zero

half-hour English-Spanish

media hora

rush hour English-Spanish

hora, hora

lunch hour English-German

Mittagspause