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# hourly

«hourly» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening every hour, once an hour** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (hourly); adverb (hourly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hourly means happening every hour, once an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m1)

2) Hourly means counted or paid by the hour: an hourly wage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m2)

3) (adverb) Hourly can mean very often, any time now: «expected hourly». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems it means «per hour»: an hourly rate of £10 means 10 pounds for each hour; to find the total, multiply the hourly rate by the number of hours. In everyday life, buses run hourly and the news is updated hourly. Phrases: «hourly rate», «hourly pay», «on the hour, every hour».

### examples

- The bus to town runs hourly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x1)
- Her hourly pay is £12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x2)
- She earns £12 an hour, so for 5 hours she earns £60. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x3)
- The weather app shows an hourly forecast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x4)
- The nurse checked his temperature hourly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x5)
- The news is on hourly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x6)
- They expect the baby to arrive hourly! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x7)

### note

Both an adjective (an hourly bus) and an adverb (the bus runs hourly). The h is silent: «OUR-lee», so use «an»: «an hourly bus». Maths: hourly rate × hours = total; total ÷ hours = hourly rate. Do not confuse with «hour by hour» (gradually) or «every half hour».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hourly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.