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# hr

«hr» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short written form of "hour", and "hrs" of "hours"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (hr, hrs); abbreviation (HR)

### meaning for a pupil

1) "hr" is a short written form of "hour", and "hrs" of "hours". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#m1)

2) HR (capital letters) stands for "human resources", the part of a company that looks after hiring and workers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, timetables and science tables: "2 hrs 30 min", speed in "km/hr" (better "km/h"). On signs: "24 hr shop". HR appears in grown-up work talk. It is read aloud as "hour(s)".

### examples

- The film is 2 hrs long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x1)
- The shop is open 24 hrs a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x2)
- The car went at 60 km per hr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x3)
- Cook for 1 hr at 180 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x4)
- 3 hrs = 180 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x5)
- The table showed hrs worked each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x6)
- Mum had a meeting with HR at work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x7)
- The walk took 1 hr 15 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hr/#x8)

### note

Abbreviation, not a word; in full writing say "hour". 1 hr = 60 min; 1 hr = 3600 seconds; 24 hrs = 1 day. Scientists usually write "h" not "hr". Trap: "hr" is not a whole number of minutes in decimals: 1.5 hrs = 90 min, not 150.

### Trees and pragmatics

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