noun
- A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
- usage: "the job will take more than an hour"
- synonyms: hour, hr, 60 minutes
- Clock time.
- usage: "the hour is getting late"
- synonyms: hour, time of day
- A special and memorable period.
- usage: "it was their finest hour"
- synonyms: hour
- Distance measured by the time taken to cover it.
- usage: "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
- A period of time assigned for work.
- usage: "they work long hours"
- An indefinite period of time.
- usage: "they talked for hours"
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