O'CLOCK

Meaning of O'CLOCK in English

o'clock S1 W3 /əˈklɒk $ əˈklɑːk/ BrE AmE adverb

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: of the clock ]

one o'clock/two o'clock etc one of the times when the clock shows the exact hour as a number from 1 to 12:

It’s already 9 o'clock.

The meeting is at 10 o'clock.

► Do not use o'clock when mentioning minutes or parts of an hour : ten past nine (NOT ten past nine o'clock) | half past one (NOT half past one o'clock) . Do not use o'clock when writing the time in the form 1.00, 2.00 etc.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

O'CLOCK — adverb Etymology: contraction of of the clock Date: 1535 according to the clock , 2. — used for indicating position …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
O'CLOCK — əˈkläk adverb Etymology: contraction of of the clock 1. : according to the clock : by the clock the time …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — /euh klok"/ , adv. 1. of, by, or according to the clock (used in specifying the hour of the day): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — adv. of the clock
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
O'CLOCK — adverb Etymology: contraction of of the clock Date: 1535 1. : according to the clock the time is three o'clock …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O'CLOCK — adv. Pronunciation: ə - ' kläk, ō - Function: adverb Etymology: contraction of of the clock Date: 1535 1 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — ■ adverb used to specify the hour when telling the time. Origin contr. of of the clock .
Concise Oxford English vocab
O'CLOCK — o'clock BrE AmE ə ˈklɒk § əʊ- AmE ə ˈklɑːk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — / əˈklɒk; NAmE əˈklɑːk/ adverb used with the numbers 1 to 12 when telling the time, to mean an exact …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — adv. of the clock (used to specify the hour) (6 o'clock).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
O'CLOCK — adv. of the clock (used to specify the hour) (6 o'clock).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
O'CLOCK — adv. of the clock (used to specify the hour) (6 o'clock).
Oxford English vocab
O’CLOCK — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. You use o’clock after numbers from one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O’CLOCK — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. You use ~ after numbers from one …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
O'CLOCK — adverb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ It's 5 o'clock . ▪ It's exactly 10 o'clock .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
O'CLOCK — [adverb] [not gradable] - used after a number from one to twelve to say the time when it is exactly …
Cambridge English vocab
O'CLOCK — It's one o'clock (at the waterworks) у вас расстегнута ширинка; вместо one может стоять two, three etc., что означает количество …
Dirty English-Russian vocab
O'CLOCK — adv. at (ten) ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
O'CLOCK — adverb 1 BAD : It was twenty past four o'clock when the train arrived. GOOD : It was twenty past …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
O`CLOCK — what ~ is it? который час?; it is two ~ два часа.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — нареч. по часам, на часах what o'clock is it? ≈ который час? it is eleven o'clock ≈ одиннадцать часов an …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — Час, минута, секунда
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — Час
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
O' CLOCK — Часы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — adv по часам, на часах what time is it? - It is 9 o'clock - который сейчас час? /сколько сейчас …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
O'CLOCK — o'clock нареч.по часам, на часах what o'clock is it? — который час? it is eleven o'clock — одиннадцать часов an …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
O'CLOCK — (0) на часах; по часам; часов
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
O'CLOCK — adv по часам, на часах what time is it? - It is 9 ~ - который сейчас час? /сколько сейчас …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
O'CLOCK — adv по часам, на часах what time is it? - It is 9 o'clock - который сейчас час? /сколько сейчас …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — нареч. 1) по часам, на часах what o'clock is it? — который час? it is eleven o'clock — одиннадцать часов …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
O'CLOCK — нареч. 1) по часам, на часах what o'clock is it? — который час? it is eleven o'clock — одиннадцать часов 2) (используется для обозначения …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
O'CLOCK — _adv. what o'clock is it? - который час?; it is six o'clock - шесть часов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
O'CLOCK — adv. what o'clock is it? - который час?; it is six o'clock - шесть часов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
O'CLOCK — what o'clock is it? который час?; it is six o'clock шесть часов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
O'CLOCK — Час, минута, секунда
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — Час
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — what ~ is it? который час? it is two ~ два часа
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
O`CLOCK — what ~ is it? который час?; it is two ~ два часа.
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
O`CLOCK — what ~ is it? который час?; it is two ~ два часа.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
O'CLOCK — нареч. по часам, на часах what o'clock is it? ≈ который час? it is eleven o'clock ≈ одиннадцать часов an …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 15th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke clock, bell, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-O — I. (ˌ)ō noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from oh (I) : one that is or that constitutes or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O' — preposition also o ə Etymology: in sense 1 from Middle English o, o-, alteration of on; in sense 2 from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O — /oh/ , interj., n., pl. O's . interj. 1. (used before a name in direct address, esp. in solemn or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCK — clock 1 /klok/ , n. 1. an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O' — also o ə, ō Etymology: Middle English o, o-, contraction of on & of Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCK — noun the striking of a clock. 2. clock ·noun a watch, ·esp. one that strikes. 3. clock ·vt to ornament …
Webster English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLOCK — [clock] n, often attrib [ME clok, fr. MD clocke bell, clock, fr. ONF or ML; ONF cloque bell, fr. ML …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK — machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism …
Britannica English vocabulary
O — I O, o BrE AmE əʊ AmE oʊ ▷ O's, o's, Os əʊz AmE oʊz —Communications code name: Oscar ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O — / əʊ; NAmE oʊ/ noun , exclamation ■ noun (also o ) ( pl. Os , O's , o's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — / klɒk; NAmE klɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an instrument for measuring and showing time, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. O 1 BrE AmE , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun ( plural O’s , o’s ) 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCK — I. clock 1 S2 W3 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCK — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOCK — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOCK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
O — 1. n. (also o) (pl. Os or O's) 1. the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. 2 (0) nought, zero (in …
Oxford English vocab
O’ — O’ is used in written English to represent the word ‘of’ pronounced in a particular way. I lost a lot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — ( clocks, clocking, clocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A clock …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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