ZERO HOUR

Meaning of ZERO HOUR in English

1. the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation.

2. the time set for the beginning of any event or action.

3. a decisive or critical time.

[ 1915-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ZERO HOUR — takna sa ataki
English-Visayan vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — noun Etymology: from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown Date: 1917 1. the hour at …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ZERO HOUR — noun 1. a. : the hour at which a previously planned attack or other military operation is started — compare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZERO HOUR — hour of fitness, fateful hour, deciding hour
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ZERO HOUR — Etymology: from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown Date: 1917 1. a. : the hour …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — Function: noun Etymology: from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown Date: 1917 1 a : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ZERO HOUR — ■ noun the time at which a military or other operation is set to begin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ZERO HOUR — [zero hour] n [fr. its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown] (1917) 1 a: the hour …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ZERO HOUR — noun [ U ] the time when an important event, an attack, etc. is planned to start
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ZERO HOUR — ˈzero hour BrE AmE noun [singular] the time when a military operation or an important event is planned to begin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ZERO HOUR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The resolution passed both houses before the zero hour and the President signed it.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — Synonyms and related words : A-day, D day, H hour, charged moment, contingency, crisis, critical moment, crossroads, crucial moment, deadline, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — {n.} 1. The exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start. * /Zero hour for …
Slang English vocab
ZERO HOUR — Function: noun Synonyms: JUNCTURE 2, contingency, crisis, crossroad(s), emergency, exigency, pass, pinch, strait, turning point
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ZERO HOUR — noun Synonyms: juncture 2, contingency, crisis, crossroad(s), emergency, exigency, pass, pinch, strait, turning point
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — 25B6; noun THE APPOINTED TIME, the critical moment, the moment of truth, the point/moment of decision, the Rubicon, the crux; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — {n.} 1. The exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start. * /Zero hour for …
Словарь английских идиом
ZERO HOUR — n. 1. The exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start. Zero hour for the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
ZERO HOUR — час, выбранный для начала чего-л.; решительный час (военное) час "0", время начала наступления, время высадки десанта решительный час, час истытания …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ZERO HOUR — 1. 1> воен. час «Ч», время начала наступления, время высадки десанта 2> решительный час, час испытания 2. полночь, двенадцать часов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ZERO HOUR — mil. час начала атаки, выступления и т. п.; решительный час
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ZERO HOUR — 1. 1) воен. час «Ч», время начала наступления, время высадки десанта 2) решительный час, час испытания 2. полночь, двенадцать часов …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ZERO HOUR — 1. 1> воен. час «Ч», время начала наступления, время высадки десанта 2> решительный час, час испытания 2. полночь, двенадцать часов …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ZERO HOUR — час начала атаки, решительный час
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ZERO HOUR — час начала атаки, решительный час
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ZERO HOUR — = H-hour час, выбранный для начала чего-л.; решительный час Syn: H-hour
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ZERO HOUR — - H-hour час, выбранный для начала чего-л.; решительный час Syn: H-hour
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ZERO HOUR — а> _воен. час начала атаки, выступления и т. п.; б> решительный час
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ZERO HOUR — а. воен. час начала атаки, выступления и т. п.; б. решительный час
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ZERO HOUR — mil. час начала атаки, выступления и т. п.; решительный час
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ZERO HOUR — n. даже не знаю, как этот "час ноль" перевести на русский. Наверное, так и будет: "час ноль". У них это …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
ZERO HOUR — час, выбранный для начала чего-л.; решительный час (военное) час "0", время начала наступления, время высадки десанта решительный час, час истытания …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ZERO — I Zero is known as the additive identity because adding it to any number does not change the number's identity, …
Английский словарь Британика
ZERO — I. ˈzē(ˌ)rō, ˈzi(- noun ( plural zeros also zeroes ) Etymology: French or Italian; French zéro, from Italian zero, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOUR
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZERO — /zear"oh/ , n. , pl. zeros, zeroes , v. , zeroed, zeroing , adj. n. 1. the figure or symbol …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOUR — — hourless , adj. /oweur, ow"euhr/ , n. 1. a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZERO — I. ˈzē-(ˌ)rō, ˈzir-(ˌ)ō noun ( plural zeros also zeroes ) Etymology: French or Italian; French zéro, from Italian zero, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOUR — noun a measure of distance traveled. 2. hour ·noun the twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. 3. hour ·noun …
Webster English vocab
ZERO — [ze.ro] n, pl zeros also zeroes [F or It; F zero, fr. It zero, fr. ML zephirum, fr. Ar sifr] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOUR — [hour] n [ME, fr. OF heure, fr. LL & L; LL hora canonical hour, fr. L, hour of the day, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOUR — in timekeeping, 3,600 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZERO — also called Mitsubishi A6M Navy Type 0 fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZERO — zero BrE AmE ˈzɪər əʊ ˈzɪr- AmE ˈzɪr oʊ ˈziː roʊ ▷ zero|ed d ▷ zero|es, ~s z ▷ zero|ing …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ZERO — / ˈzɪərəʊ; NAmE ˈzɪroʊ; ˈziː-/ number , verb ■ number 1. ( pl. zeros ) ( BrE also nought ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOUR — / ˈaʊə(r); NAmE / noun HELP NOTE : Use an , not a , before hour . 1. [ C …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ZERO — I. ze ‧ ro 1 /ˈzɪərəʊ $ ˈziːroʊ/ BrE AmE number ( plural zeros or zeroes ) [ Date: 1600-1700 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOUR — hour S1 W1 /aʊə $ aʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: heure …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ZERO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1 a the figure 0; nought. b no quantity or number; nil. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOUR — n. 1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ZERO — n. & v. n. (pl. -os) 1 a the figure 0; nought. b no quantity or number; nil. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOUR — n. 1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ZERO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1. a the figure 0; nought. b no quantity or number; nil. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
HOUR — n.1 a twenty-fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in time …
Oxford English vocab
ZERO — ( zeros, or zeroes, zeroing, zeroed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOUR — ( hours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. An hour is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ZERO — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES above freezing/zero (= higher than the temperature at which water freezes ) ▪ Tonight, temperatures …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOUR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 24 hours a day (= during the whole day and night ) ▪ In Cairo, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ZERO — [adjective] [not gradable]Zero means not any or no.These measures will enable us to increase our market at zero extra cost.The …
Cambridge English vocab
HOUR — [noun] [C] - a period of 60 minutesThe exam lasted an hour/three hours/half an hour/a quarter of an hour/an hour …
Cambridge English vocab
ZERO — n. Number and numeral of critical importance in mathematics. Zero is known as the additive identity because adding it to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOUR — noun 1 period of sixty minutes ADJECTIVE ▪ full , solid ▪ I slept for eight solid ~s. ▪ contact …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ZERO — 1. < character > 0, ASCI character 48. Numeric zero, as opposed to the letter "O" (the 15th letter of …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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