noun
1 period of sixty minutes
ADJECTIVE
▪ full , solid
▪
I slept for eight solid ~s.
▪ contact , credit ( AmE ) ( both education )
▪
the number of contact ~s per week
VERB + HOUR
▪ take
▪
It takes two ~s to get to Vancouver.
▪ spend
▪ waste
▪ last
▪
The performance lasted three ~s.
▪ gain , lose
▪
You lose five ~s when you fly from New York to London.
HOUR + VERB
▪ go by , pass
▪
An ~ passed and she still hadn't arrived.
PREPOSITION
▪ by the ~
▪
They're paid by the ~.
▪ for an ~
▪
She worked for three ~s.
▪ in an ~ , within an ~
▪
I should be back within a couple of ~s.
▪ over an ~ , under an ~
▪
He's been gone for over an ~.
▪ per ~
▪
Top speed is 120 miles per ~.
▪ within the ~
▪
We hope to be there within the ~ (= in less than an hour) .
▪ ~ of
▪
There are still two ~s of daylight left.
PHRASES
▪ half an ~
▪ ~ after ~
▪ in an hour's time ( esp. BrE )
▪ with every passing ~
▪
She grew more worried with every passing ~.
2 the hour time when a new hour starts
VERB + THE HOUR
▪ chime , strike
▪
The clock struck the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
Buses leave every ~ on the ~.
▪ past the ~
▪
ten minutes past the ~
▪ to the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
ten minutes to the ~
3 time when you do a particular activity
ADJECTIVE
▪ lunch
▪ peak , rush
▪
rush-hour traffic
▪ happy (= time in the early evening when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at lower prices than usual)
VERB + HOUR
▪ spend
▪
I spent my lunch ~ shopping.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
an ~ of rest
4 hours time when sb is working/a business is open
ADJECTIVE
▪ office , opening , visiting , working
▪
the hospital's visiting ~s
▪ flexible
▪ long
▪ regular
▪ licensing ( BrE )
▪
Britain's licensing ~s (= when pubs are allowed to open)
VERB + HOURS
▪ work
▪
She works very long ~s.
▪ keep
▪
He keeps regular ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ after ~
▪
He spends a lot of time in his office after ~s.
▪ out of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
Doctors often have to work out of ~s.
5 time when sth happens
ADJECTIVE
▪ darkest , finest
▪
The war years were often thought of as the country's finest ~.
▪ antisocial ( esp. BrE ), unearthly ( esp. BrE ), ungodly , unsocial ( esp. BrE )
▪
I apologize for calling you at this ungodly ~.
▪
Bakers have to work unsocial ~s.
▪ early , early-morning ( esp. AmE ), small , wee small ~s (= the hours after midnight)
▪
The party continued well into the early ~s.
▪ late
▪ waking
▪
She spends every waking ~ at the gym.
HOUR + VERB
▪ come
▪
The ~ had come for us to leave.
PREPOSITION
▪ between the ~s of
▪
The office is closed between the ~s of twelve and two.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~s of darkness
PHRASES
▪ your ~ of need
▪
She helped me in my ~ of need.