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Meaning of "peak hours" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEAK HOURS

peak hours  [piːk aʊəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEAK HOURS

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conjunction
determiner
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Peak 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 PEAK HOURS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peak hours

Rush hour

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute. The term is very broad but often refers to specifically private automobile transportation traffic, even when there is a large volume of cars on a road but not a large number of people, or if the volume is normal but there is some disruption of speed.

Definition of peak hours in the English dictionary

The definition of peak hours in the dictionary is the busiest hours, as during traffic, etc; rush hour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEAK HOURS


after-hours
ˌɑːftərˈaʊəz
contours
ˈkɒntʊəz
flexihours
ˈflɛksɪˌaʊəz
hours
aʊəz
ours
aʊəz
scours
ˈskaʊəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEAK HOURS

peak
peak demand
Peak District
peak experience
peak listening time
peak load
peak period
peak production
peak programme meter
peak rate
peak season
peak time
peak traffic
peak viewing time
peak year
peak-hour
peak-time
Peake
peaked
peakedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEAK HOURS

banking hours
book of hours
business hours
consulting hours
daylight hours
late hours
licensing hours
little hours
office hours
opening hours
school hours
shopping hours
small hours
surgery hours
the small hours
till all hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
twilight hours
visiting hours
waking hours

Synonyms and antonyms of peak hours in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «peak hours» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEAK HOURS

Find out the translation of peak hours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peak 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 «peak hours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高峰期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horas punta
570 millions of speakers

English

peak hours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीक घंटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سَاعَاتُ الْذَرْوَةِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часы пик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horário de pico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শীর্ষ ঘন্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heures de pointe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam puncak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stoßzeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピーク時
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

러시 아워
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam sibuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giờ cao điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரபரப்பான மணிநேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीक तास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yoğun zamanlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ora di punta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

godziny szczytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

години пік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oră de vârf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ώρες αιχμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spitstye
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rusningstid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rushtid
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peak hours

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QUOTES WITH «PEAK HOURS»

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Veerappa Moily
I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will help in decongesting road traffic during peak hours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEAK HOURS»

Discover the use of peak hours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peak hours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Operations Management: Theory and Practice
Differences In resources management between peak hours and non-peak hours is another aspect of capacity planning in service organizations. Table 5.5 Capacity planning alternatives for service firms should also be able to handle ...
B. Mahadevan, 2010
2
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
Many electric utilities in the United States have their on-peak hours between noon and 8 p.m. during summer weekdays, which include the peak-load hours of air-conditioning. Because the capital cost of a new power plant is so high, from ...
Frank Kreith, Shan K. Wang, Paul Norton, 1999
3
Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-hour Traffic Congestion
In response, three types of convergence occur on the improved expressway: many drivers who formerly used alternative routes during peak hours switch to the improved expressway (spatial convergence); many drivers who formerly traveled ...
Anthony Downs, 2005
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The Economics of Price Discrimination
Peak hours are those time periods when an additional megawatt of demand substantially increases the risk of an outage due to a shortage of capacity and thus, in the long run, requires that generating capacity be increased to maintain a given ...
Louis Phlips, 1983
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Markets for Carbon and Power Pricing in Europe: Theoretical ...
For instance, the clean spark spread during the peak hours in the Netherlands (i) was rather stable in 2004, fluctuating at a level of about 18 €/MWh, (ii) declined during the first part of 2005 (due to rising fuel/carbon costs that were not fully ...
Francesco Gullì, 2009
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Valuation of Power Generation Investments in Deregulated ...
Time Interval Winter Summer Fall Weekdays/ On-Peak Hours Weekdays/ Off- peak Hours Weekends/ On-Peak Hours Weekends/ Off-peak Hours (55.5, 3133) ( 46.4, 2189) (49.5, 2490) (44.2, 1984) (59.8, 3672) (46.7, 2243) (53.3, 2904) (44.7 , ...
Huseyin Hakan Balci, 2008
7
Red-hot Cold Call Selling: Prospecting Techniques that Pay Off
When conventional cold calling hours are not working for you, consider switching or supplementing your prospecting time by prospecting during off-peak hours. Some of your best work will be done between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M., between ...
Paul S. Goldner, 1995
8
Contemporary Economics: An Applications Approach
With peak-load pricing, prices reflect the difference in the cost of providing electricity during peak hours and off-peak hours. Therefore, consumers are charged more for electricity during peak demand periods when it costs more to provide ...
Robert J. Carbaugh, 2013
9
Guide to Industrial Assessments for Pollution Prevention and ...
The wintertime hour periods are from October 1 to April 30; the energy demand charges change between the following hours: Partial peak hours - 8:30 am to 4: 30 pm = 8 hours Peak hours - 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm = 4 hours Partial peak hours ...
National Risk Management Research Laboratory (U.S.), Center for Environmental Research Information (U.S.), Science Applications International Corporation, 2001
10
Effects of Variations in Occupant Behavior on Residential ...
The peak hours that concern an electric utility the most are those that coincide with its service area's peak hours, typically 3-6pm during cooling months (June through September for Baltimore). To address the utility peak purchased demand , ...
Kristin Marcella Field, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEAK HOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peak hours is used in the context of the following news items.
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Residents asked to limit water use during peak periods
By shifting usage to non-peak hours and reducing spikes in the daily demand, water cost increases can be reduced. If you have any questions, ... «Hometownlife.com, Jul 15»
2
Horamavu residents float online petition for rly bridge
The level-crossing gate is closed for at least half an hour during morning and evening peak hours every day, creating huge traffic jams on both ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
3
Rail overbridge in Korukkupet to open in Oct
The gates now shut during peak hours, forcing commuters to wait for more than half an hour. "This bridge will make things very convenient," ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Daily we do 2800 trips and experience 400 glitches. Only sometimes …
It's about what we are capable of present. Overcrowding is an issue with all public transport or Metro techniques worldwide. During peak hours, ... «Bharat Press, Jul 15»
5
GRTC answers 17 questions about the Bus Rapid Transit plan
Road closures will be limited to temporary lane closures during non-peak hours during construction. Duration of work for stations will be ... «wtvr.com, Jul 15»
6
Farragut board approves traffic signal changes, connector study
The optimization likely would not be noticeable except in peak hours, Smith said. Once a consultant is hired, an optimization model will be ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
7
Need for more wellness centres catering to the elderly
Thereafter, if they wish to continue, a senior concession membership fee applies depending on whether it is peak or off-peak hours. However ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
8
Downtown Traverse City Booming with Week of Nice Weather
“The peak hours are all day honestly during business weeks there is a lunch rush. Then around 5:30, 6 o'clock it gets really busy and stays ... «9&10 News, Jul 15»
9
Leicester's "most useless" bit of bus lane along London Road could …
The lane is restricted to buses only in the morning and evening peak hours but is not currently enforced and is largely used as on street parking ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
10
Highway 1 safety thoughts
(Highway 1 near Princeton Harbor, for instance, is another hot spot for traffic jams during peak hours.) One absolutely free solution that would ... «Pacifica Tribune, Jul 15»

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