[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hour.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / hour [← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/) # hour «hour» in Mova's school dictionary: **a length of time; it has sixty minutes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (hour, hours; casual: hrs, hr) ### meaning for a pupil 1) An hour is a length of time; it has sixty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m1) 2) An hour can mean a time of day: «at this hour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m2) 3) Hours can mean the time when something is open or when someone works: «school hours». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m3) 4) (casual) «Hours» can mean a long time, not counted: «I waited for hours!»; «hrs» and «hr» are short forms in texts and timetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m4) 5) (casual) «The small hours» are the hours after midnight; «on the hour» means at 1:00, 2:00 and so on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m5) 6) (formal) Exams and notices say «per hour», «hourly», «a duration of», «hours of operation» and «elapsed time». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#m6) ### sense in the lessons sixty minutes; a unit of time: N hours = N × 60 minutes; a day has 24 hours; speed is often given per hour; phrases: «an hour», «half an hour», «hours and hours», «rush hour», «opening hours», «per hour», «on the hour», «after hours»; in casual talk «took hours», «back in an hr», «like an hour ago»; in rough talk «I've been waiting a bloody hour»; in the exam voice «the elapsed duration in hours», «at a uniform rate of 60 kilometres per hour», «hours of operation» ### examples - How many minutes are in 3 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x1) - Max sleeps 9 hours each night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x2) - An hour has 60 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x3) - A day has 24 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x4) - The car drove at 60 kilometres per hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x5) - The roads are busy at rush hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x6) - We waited for half an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x7) - The bus comes every hour, on the hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x8) - back in an hr, chicken's in the oven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x9) - I've been waiting a bloody hour for this bus! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x10) - A vehicle proceeds at a uniform rate of 60 kilometres per hour for a duration of 3 hours. Compute the distance travelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x11) - The library's hours are 9 to 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x12) - He waited one hour, two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/#x13) ### note An hour is 60 minutes. A day is 24 hours. N hours = N × 60 minutes. Hours are added and subtracted like counts. «for hours» in talk means a long time, not a number. «hourly» means once every hour. Grammar: «an hour» (the h is silent). Trap: «hour» and «our» sound the same. ### In the corpora - [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/) - [Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/8/) - [Labour can take many hours, so a grandparent or friend often comes to look after the older children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/15/) - [A newborn baby needs feeding every two or three hours, day and night, because its stomach is tiny.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/6/) - [Waiting is a big part of hospitals: waiting to be seen, waiting for results, waiting for visiting hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/4/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «hour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.