hours
OWRZ/ˈaʊɚz/UKOWuhz/ˈaʊə(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of hour.
The flight took nearly nine hours, including a layover.
She spent long hours in the lab finishing her experiment.
Note
The plural carries meanings the singular does not. Written after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute, it marks clock time, as in 1430 hours. It also names the time an employer demands, as in long hours or reduced hours. In religious use it names the set times of prayer, the canonical hours, along with the services prescribed for them or a book that contains them.
hours is a form of hour
hour, noun: A unit of time equal to sixty minutes, or one twenty-fourth of a day. Full entry
- Forms
- hourhours plural
- Spelling
- hour → hours: add -s
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