THE SMALL / EARLY HOURS

Meaning of THE SMALL / EARLY HOURS in English

(also the wee small ˈhours ScotE , NAmE also the wee ˈhours )

the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight :

We worked well into the small hours.

The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

EARLY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Early American furniture Early Netherlandish art Early Jubal Anderson
Английский словарь Британика
SMALL — I. ˈsmȯl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EARLY — I. ˈərlē, ˈə̄l-, ˈəil- adverb ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English erly, from Old English ǣrlīce, from ǣr early, soon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOURS — plural of hour
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOURS — (n. pl.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Английский словарь Webster
EARLY — (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; …
Английский словарь Webster
HOURS — ( n. pl. ) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SMALL — — smallness , n. /smawl/ , adj., smaller, smallest , adv., smaller, smallest , n. adj. 1. of limited size; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EARLY — — earliness , n. /err"lee/ , adv., earlier, earliest , adj., earlier, earliest , n. , pl. earlies . adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SMALL — I. ˈsmȯl adjective Etymology: Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal small, Greek mēlon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EARLY — I. ˈər-lē adverb ( ear·li·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English erly, from Old English ǣrlīce, from ǣr early, soon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMALL — vt to make little or less. 2. small ·adv not loudly; faintly; timidly. 3. small ·noun smallclothes. 4. small ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HOURS — noun ·pl goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Webster English vocab
EARLY — adv soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. 2. early ·adv coming in the first part of a …
Webster English vocab
HOURS — ~ (in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SMALL — [small] adj [ME smal, fr. OE smael; akin to OHG smal small, Gk melon small domestic animal] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMALL — small BrE AmE smɔːl smɑːl ▷ smaller ˈsmɔːl ə AmE - ə r ˈsmɑːl- ▷ smallest ˈsmɔːl ɪst -əst ˈsmɑːl- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EARLY — earl|y BrE AmE ˈɜːl |i AmE ˈɝːl |i ▷ earl|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ earl|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SMALL — / smɔːl; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( small·er , small·est ) NOT LARGE 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EARLY — / ˈɜːli; NAmE ˈɜːrli/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( earl·ier , earli·est ) 1. near the beginning of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMALL — I. small 1 S1 W1 /smɔːl $ smɒːl/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative smaller , superlative smallest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EARLY — I. ear ‧ ly 1 S1 W1 /ˈɜːli $ ˈɜːrli/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative earlier , superlative earliest ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EARLY — adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. (earlier, earliest) 1 before the due, usual, or expected time (was early for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EARLY — adj., adv., & n. adj. & adv. (earlier, earliest) 1 before the due, usual, or expected time (was early for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Oxford English vocab
EARLY — adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. (earlier, earliest) 1. before the due, usual, or expected time (was early for …
Oxford English vocab
SMALL — ( smaller, smallest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A small person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EARLY — ( earlier, earliest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Early means before …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EARLY — (earlier, earliest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Early means before the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SMALL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/large/wide/small mouth ▪ He had a big nose and a big mouth. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EARLY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a previous/earlier study ▪ The report is a summary of the work done in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMALL — (LACKING IMPORTANCE) [adjective] -er, -est - not having much importance or effectTalking to her makes me feel small (= unimportant …
Cambridge English vocab
EARLY — [adjective], [adverb] - near the beginning of (a period of time), or before the usual, expected or planned timeIf you …
Cambridge English vocab
SMALL — n. small beer small change small fry small minded small potato small potatoes small talk small time small town
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EARLY — adj. Function: adjective 1 of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EARLY — I. adverb 1. at or nearly at the beginning of a period, course, process, or series it is much too …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SMALL — See ↑ SHORT 7, ↑ SMALL 1,3,4, ↑ UNIMPORTANT 1, ↑ YOUNG 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a small amount • …
Longman Activator English vocab
SMALL — INDEX: 1. small in size 2. extremely small in size 3. small numbers/amounts 4. small and not making much difference …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOURS — See ↑ TIME 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ for days/hours/miles etc on end • ↑ the early hours • ↑ till …
Longman Activator English vocab
EARLY — INDEX: 1. before the usual or expected time 2. too early 3. early in the morning RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SMALL — n. 25B6; adjective a small flat : LITTLE, compact, bijou, tiny, miniature, mini; minute, microscopic, minuscule; toy, baby; poky, cramped, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EARLY — adj. 25B6; adjective early copies of the book : ADVANCE, forward; initial, preliminary, first; pilot, trial. an early death : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SMALL — adj. 1 little, tiny, short, diminutive, petite, mignon(ne), wee, teeny, elfin, Lilliputian, midget, miniature, minute, minuscule, baby, bantam, pocket(-sized), mini; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EARLY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOURS — horus
Anagrams English vocabulary
SMALL — 1. прил. 1) а) маленький, мелкий; небольшой (по размеру) small capitals ≈ капитель small craft ≈ мелкие суда, лодки small …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOURS — часы, период времени, время actual hours busy hours machine hours authorized offpeak hours peak hours power on hours after working …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOURS — (греческое) (мифология) Оры, Горы (богини времен года)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EARLY — 1. прил. 1) а) ранний (в начале дня, недели, года, возраста и т. п.) in the 1970s and the early …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOURS — Часы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SMALL — small.ogg 1. smɔ:l n 1. узкая тонкая часть ( чего-л. ) the small of the leg - чуть выше щиколотки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOURS — = Horae
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EARLY — early.ogg 1. ʹɜ:lı a 1. 1> ранний early morning - раннее утро in early spring - ранней весной early breakfast …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SMALL — 1) маленький 2) малый 3) небольшой 4) слабый 5) строчный 6) тонкий • arbitrarily small domain — как угодно малая область as small as desired — сколь угодно …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SMALL — small прил.1) а) маленький, мелкий; небольшой (по размеру) small capitals — полигр. капитель small craft — мелкие суда, лодки small …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EARLY — early прил.1) а) ранний (в начале дня, недели, года, возраста и т. п.) in the 1970s and the early 1980s …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOURS — = Horae
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SMALL — 1. smɔ:l n 1. узкая тонкая часть ( чего-л. ) the small of the leg - чуть выше щиколотки the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOURS — = Horae
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EARLY — 1. ʹɜ:lı a 1. 1> ранний early morning - раннее утро in early spring - ранней весной early breakfast - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SMALL — 1. прил. 1) а) маленький, мелкий; небольшой ( по размеру ) small capitals — полигр. капитель small craft — мелкие …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EARLY — 1. прил. 1) а) ранний ( в начале дня, недели, года, возраста и т. п. ) in the 1970s and …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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