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I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.
Roger Bart

Meaning of "hours" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOURS

hours  [aʊəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOURS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hours is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOURS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hours

Hours may refer to: ▪ The plural of the unit of time, hour ▪ an expression of time using the 24-hour clock system (e.g. "1300 hours") ▪ Horae (Hours (mythology)), Greek deities ▪ Hours, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France ▪ 'Hours...', a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie ▪ Hours (album), a 2005 album by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend ▪ Carnegie Unit and Student Hour or credit-hours are a measurement of completed coursework at a college or university. ▪ The Hours (film), a 2002 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry ▪ Hours (2013 film), a 2013 thriller film ▪ The Hours (novel), a 1998 novel written by Michael Cunningham ▪ Canonical hours or liturgical hours, divisions of the day which are accompanied by prayers from the liturgy of the hours ▪ Book of Hours, a printed book or often a manuscript containing prayers for such hours (e.g. the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves")...

Definition of hours in the English dictionary

The first definition of hours in the dictionary is a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc. Other definition of hours is one's times of rising and going to bed. Hours is also an indefinite period of time.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOURS


after-hours
ˌɑːftərˈaʊəz
contours
ˈkɒntʊəz
ours
aʊəz
scours
ˈskaʊəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOURS

hour
hour angle
hour circle
hour hand
hourglass
hourglass figure
houri
hourlong
hourly
hourly worker
hourplate
house
house agent
house and home
house arrest
house call
house church
house doctor
house factor
house finch

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOURS

all fours
business hours
colours
concours
do the honours
favours
honours
it never rains but it pours
labours
of ours
of yours
office hours
opening hours
Respectfully yours
the small hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
velours
watercolours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of hours in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hours» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOURS

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

Translator English - Chinese

小时
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horas
570 millions of speakers

English

hours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घंटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساعات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘন্টার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stunden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

営業時間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saatler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

godzin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ore
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ώρες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

timmar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

timer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hours

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOURS»

The term «hours» is very widely used and occupies the 230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOURS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hours» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hours» 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 hours

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10 QUOTES WITH «HOURS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hours.
1
Ralph Allen
I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
2
James M. Barrie
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.
3
Roger Bart
I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.
4
James Belushi
When I come to Chicago, I gorge myself. I get off the plane and start with Gene and Jude's for two hot dogs with everything, swing by The Fudge Pot for a taffy apple and a turtle, chocolate clusters at Sarah's Pastries and Candies and steak at Smith and Wollensky. I find time for Gino's pizza within the next 12 hours.
5
Drew Carey
Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.
6
Magnus Carlsen
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
7
Jay Carney
I think we ought to all take a step back and remember where we were 24, 48 hours ago, a week ago, two weeks ago - the prospect that was hanging out there that America would not honor its obligations for the first time in its history, and the impact that would have on our economy and the global economy.
8
John Jay Chapman
It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.
9
Sunidhi Chauhan
I think I'm the only singer who doesn't have a temper. The only time I got angry was at a music studio when I was made to wait for three hours without being informed about the delay in the recording.
10
Jim Coleman
First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOURS»

Discover the use of hours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hours: A Novel
In a novel of love, family inheritance, and desperation, the author offers a fictional account of Virginia Woolf's last days and her friendship with a poet living in his mother's shadow.
Michael Cunningham, 2002
2
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
There are 168 hours in a week. This is your guide to getting the most out of them. It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time.
Laura Vanderkam, 2010
3
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This is the account of those five days, of the years that led up to them, and where he goes from here. It is narrative non-fiction at its most compelling.
Aron Ralston, 2011
4
The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God
Provides a bilingual collection of work comprised of such important works as "The Book of the Monkish Life," "The Book of Pilgrimage," and "The Book of Poverty and Death." Reprint.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Annemarie S. Kidder, 2001
5
24 Hours
In 24 Hours, Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coaster ride with enough twists and surprises to last a lifetime. 24 Hours begins with the perfect family. On the perfect night. About to become trapped in the perfect crime.
Greg Iles, 2001
6
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
The classic that teaches how to truly LIVE rather than just existing from day to day. As relevant (if not more) today as it was when originally published.
Arnold Bennett, 2007
7
36 Hours: 125 Weekends in Europe
125 European destinations, from major cities to lesser known gems. Practical recommendations for over 500 restaurants and 400 hotels. Color-coded tabs and ribbons bookmark your favorite cities in each region.
Barbara Ireland, 2012
8
Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their Effects ...
Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children.
‎1982
9
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: A Guide to Living Life to the ...
" Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist. His most famous works are the "Clayhanger" trilogy and "The Old Wives' Tale." These books draw on his experience of life in the Potteries, as did most of his best work.
Arnold Bennett, 2010
10
Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an ...
Focusing on the city of Worcester, Massachusetts the author takes the reader to the saloons, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where American industrial workers spent their leisure hours, to explore the nature of working-class ...
Roy Rosenzweig, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hours is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Summer Fridays and Flexible Hours Are a Must - Entrepreneur
This is a shame, since the Ultimat Vodka study showed employees who benefited from summer hours were happier and more productive. «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
2
After-hours buzz: Netflix, Intel, Corning & more - CNBC.com
Shares were up about 5 percent after hours. The stock gave up some gains to trade about 2 percent higher after Intel said it expects the PC ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
3
Pat Houston Comforts Bobbi Kristina in After-Hours Visit | TMZ.com
It now appears the mysterious tent that was erected outside the hospice caring for Bobbi Kristina had no connection to her, because her aunt ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
4
Surrey warns drug users after eight overdoses in 24 hours
Police in Surrey are warning street level drug users after eight people overdosed in the last 24 hours on what they thought was heroin. All eight ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
5
Will there ever be a marathon time under two hours? - New Statesman
Now here is the journalist Ed Caesar with Two Hours, his first book. Two is the magic number in modern marathon science, because the current ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
6
City may tinker with bar hours - Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee nightclubs, which have enjoyed carrying their parties into the early morning hours, are pushing back against a city proposal that ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
7
Netflix (NFLX) Soars in After-Hours on Earnings, Pandora (P) Tanks …
Netflix soared 10.1% in after-hours trading, reaching $108 a share. During the regular session, the online video streaming company fell 2.2% to ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
8
Landfill extends hours for tree and brush disposal | Brainerd Dispatch
Beginning today, the Crow Wing County Landfill will offer extended hours for tree and brush disposal. The landfill will continue to offer full ... «Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Jul 15»
9
Are you overworked? Here's how many hours 'ordinary' people work …
If hours worked do indeed equate to morality, people who work in finance are unusually decent. Most of the bankers Luyendijk spoke to were working crazy ... «eFinancialCareers, Jul 15»
10
Intel Beats Expectations, Up 6% After Hours On Revenue Of $13.2 …
Today after the market closed, Intel Corporation (INTC) released its second quarter earnings report. The company reported revenue of $13.2 ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»

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