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I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it's something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn't compute with our existing educational system.
Peter Thiel

Meaning of "around the clock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AROUND THE CLOCK

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WHAT DOES AROUND THE CLOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Round the clock

Round the clock may refer to: ▪ a service available at any time, 24/7 ▪ Round the Clock, the game played on a dartboard ▪ Round the Clock, an English internet radio service from China Radio International...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AROUND THE CLOCK

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aromatic
aromatically
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aromatisation
aromatise
aromatization
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arose
around
arousable
arousal
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WORDS THAT END LIKE AROUND THE CLOCK

against the clock
alarm clock
biological clock
block
body clock
clock
digital clock
doomsday clock
eight o´clock
grandfather clock
clock
overclock
radio alarm clock
round-the-clock
six o´clock
ten o´clock
the clock
three o´clock
time clock
two o´clock
water clock

Synonyms and antonyms of around the clock in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «around the clock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AROUND THE CLOCK

Find out the translation of around the clock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of around the clock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «around the clock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全天候
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

todo el día
570 millions of speakers

English

around the clock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घड़ी के आसपास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على مدار الساعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

круглосуточно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

todo o dia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘড়ি কাছাকাছি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

autour de l´horloge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sepanjang masa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rund um die Uhr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

24時間体制で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시계 주위에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watara jam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xung quanh đồng hồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுதினமும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घड्याळभोवती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto il giorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przez całą dobę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цілодобово
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în jurul ceasului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όλο το εικοσιτετράωρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rondom die klok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dygnet runt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døgnet rundt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of around the clock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AROUND THE CLOCK»

The term «around the clock» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AROUND THE CLOCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «around the clock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «around the clock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about around the clock

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7 QUOTES WITH «AROUND THE CLOCK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word around the clock.
1
Clay Aiken
It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.
2
America Ferrera
The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.
3
Willie Geist
I guess it turns out choosing your life partner from a group of men trying to get their break in show business by sitting around shirtless in a swimming pool while cameras watch around the clock isn't the path to a soulmate after all.
4
Joe Scarborough
For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition.
5
Peter Thiel
I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it's something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn't compute with our existing educational system.
6
Gail Tsukiyama
When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
7
Roger Wicker
And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AROUND THE CLOCK»

Discover the use of around the clock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to around the clock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bats Around the Clock
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie! It's American Batstand - a twelve-hour rock and roll extravaganza with Click Dark as your host. Decked in go-go boots and bobby sox, the buoyant bats bebop their way around the clock.
Kathi Appelt, 2000
2
Rock Around the Clock: The Record that Started the Rock ...
The author of What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record? chronicles the spectacular chart-topping success of Bill Haley's hit record "Rock Around the Clock," focusing particular attention on the cultural setting that surrounded the birth of ...
Jim Dawson, 2005
3
Around the Clock: A Play
Polly, who is hosting a rehearsal, finds having her bossy adult daughter living in her house again difficult. Hilarious complications arise as this explosive group works out the casting and the choreography.
Nicholas J. Hall, Nick Hall, 2004
4
Sounds around the clock
A collection of rhymes and stories, illustrated by different artists.
Bill Martin, Peggy Brogan, 1972
5
Spider-Man 2: Doc Around the Clock
Doc Ock has four powerful tentacles, and he's wreaking havoc across New York City. There is only one person standing in his way -- Spider-Man. The web-slinger will do anything in his power to stop the multi-tentacled villain.
‎2004
6
Around the Clock in Europe: A Travel-sequence
A Travel-sequence Charles Fish Howell. "In St. Mark's Place three standards you descry, And chargers four that seem about to fly; There is a timepiece which appears a tower, And there are twelve black men who strike the hour." In the ...
Charles Fish Howell, 1912
7
CNBC 24/7 Trading: Around the Clock, Around the World
And this is only the beginning. As accessible yet savvy as CNBC's television programs, this is a groundbreaking book that investors of all levels will turn to again and again.
CNBC, Barbara Rockefeller, 2002
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High rise: how 1,000 men and women worked around the clock ...
How did it happen? High Rise is the unprecedented account of how money, art, passion, politics, and machinery come together to put a building in the ground, and in the skyline of the world's most fascinating, complex, and impossible city.
Jerry Adler, 1993
9
Around the Clock with Numbers
This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.
Elizabeth Seigle, 2013
10
Around-the-Clock Protector
It was a 24/7 job...little did he know it would last for nine months!
Jan Hambright, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AROUND THE CLOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term around the clock is used in the context of the following news items.
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Roadwork means delays on Interstate 44 bridge over the Meramec
One lane on eastbound Interstate 44 will be closed around the clock for the next six weeks, MoDOT said. Crews will start on the far left lane on ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
2
Ala. dad wanted in murders of wife, kids believed dead
"We have had a team on this around the clock from the initial call until what appears to now be the conclusion of this investigation," Jefferson ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
3
BARRY LEVINE: Happy 60th birthday rock n roll
#Sixty years ago on July 9, 1955, a landmark in music history was established when Bill Haley's “Rock Around The Clock” reached No. 1 on the ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
4
D'iberville Police Department Patrolling Around the Clock This …
The Fourth of July is one of the most heavily travelled holidays all year. That's why the D'iberville Police Department will be patrolling around ... «WXXV News 25, Jul 15»
5
McQueen Expo Gets Round-the-Clock Hours
Martin Roth, director of the V&A, noted that it will mark the first time that the V&A has stayed open around the clock. “We knew that 'Savage ... «WWD, Jul 15»
6
Outages painful for those left in the dark
City crews were still working around the clock to restore power, said Tony Guillen, manager of of power transmission and distribution for the city ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
7
Telstra Health goes live with 'doc around the clock'
Telstra Health has officially gone live with its ReadyCare telemedicine service, offering phone and video consultations with GPs 24 hours a day ... «Pulse+IT Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Peoria Public Works employees work around the clock to battle …
Fleet Manager Bob Williams said the river is being monitored around the clock with an average of 25 workers a day. At some points, that ... «Peoria Journal Star, Jun 15»
9
Bat Around the Clock hits a home run
ELKO – Elko's fifth annual 24-hour Bat Around the Clock Softball Tournament was a smash hit Friday and Saturday. “We had between 250 and ... «Elko Daily Free Press, Jun 15»
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Travel companies working around the clock to bring holidaymakers …
Thomson and First Choice sent 12 flights to Tunisia on Sunday to bring home customers at the end of their holiday and those who wished to ... «TravelMole, Jun 15»

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