during/in/inside/within an hour — в течение часа
half an hour — полчаса
an hour and half — полтора часа
office hours — рабочие часы
after hours — после работы
2000 самых употребительных английских слов. — М.: Айрис-пресс. А. В. Петроченков. 2010.
hour — W1S1 [auə US aur] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(60 minutes)¦ 2¦(business/work etc)¦ 3 (work) long/regular etc hours 4¦(time of day)¦ 5¦(long time)¦ 6¦(o clock)¦ 7 1300/1530/1805 etc hours 8 by the hour/from hour to hour 9 lunch/din … Dictionary of contemporary English
hour — [ aur ] noun *** ▸ 1 60 minutes of time ▸ 2 a long time ▸ 3 time in which you do something ▸ 4 particular time of day ▸ 5 point in history/life ▸ 6 exact time ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Hour — Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hour 25 — was a radio program focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and science. It was broadcast on Pacifica radio station KPFK in Southern California from 1972 to 2000, and is now distributed over the Internet. It has featured numerous interviews with… … Wikipedia
hour — [our] n. [ME < OFr hore < L hora < Gr hōra, hour, time, period, season < IE base * yē , year, summer (< * ei , to go) > YEAR] 1. a) a division of time, one of the twenty four parts of a day; sixty minutes b) one of the twelve… … English World dictionary
hour|ly — «OWR lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done, happening, or counted every hour: »to give hourly doses of medicine. hourly weather reports on the radio. 2. coming very often; frequent: »hourly messages. 3. paid by the hour: »an hourly employee.… … Useful english dictionary
hour — hour; hour·age; hour·less; hour·ly; … English syllables
hour — ► NOUN 1) a period of time equal to a twenty fourth part of a day and night; 60 minutes. 2) a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday. 3) a period set aside for a particular purpose or activity. 4) a point in… … English terms dictionary
hour — (hour) s. m. Espèce de hangar ou d atelier destiné à travailler le bois pour le sabotage, etc. HISTORIQUE XIVe s. • Hour de cloe, DU CANGE craticulatum.. XVe s. • Quant ilz vindrent près, ilz trouverent que on y avoit fait grand nombre… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
hour — mid 13c., from O.Fr. hore one twelfth of a day (sunrise to sunset), from L. hora hour, time, season, from Gk. hora any limited time, from PIE *yor a , from root *yer year, season (see YEAR (Cf. year)). Greek hora was a season; the season; in… … Etymology dictionary
hour — index point (period of time) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
