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- DictionaryO'clock/əˈkläk/
adverb
- 1. used to specify the hour in telling time: "the gates will open at eight o'clock"
A1. used after a number from one to twelve to say the time when it is exactly that hour: It's two o'clock. He called me at four o'clock in the morning. informal humorous. used to refer to a time of day when you usually do or have a particular thing: For many moms, the kids ' bedtime is chocolate o'clock. It's wine o'clock! Fewer examples.
Jul 23, 2019 · Advertisement. o'clock (adj.) phrase preceded by one, two, three, etc., and signifying the time of day as shown by the face of a clock, c. 1720, an abbreviation of of the clock, from Middle English of the clokke (late 14c.). See O + clock (n.). The use of clock hand positions to describe vector directions or angles is from late 18c.
oclock: AbbreviationZ [ home, info ] Science (1 matching dictionary) o'clock [1], o'clock [2]: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement [ home, info ] Slang (1 matching dictionary) O'clock: Urban Dictionary [ home, info ] Definitions from WordNet ( o'clock) adverb: according to the clock ( "It's three o'clock in Tokyo now") Similar:
/əˈklɑk/ used with the numbers 1 to 12 when telling the time, to mean an exact hour He left between five and six o'clock. at/after/before eleven o'clock. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Check pronunciation: o'clock.
Meaning & use. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the noun six o'clock mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun six o'clock. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
us / əˈklɑk/ one, two, three, etc. o’clock. Add to word list. A1. used after the numbers one to twelve to mean exactly that hour when you tell the time: We got home at ten o’clock. (Definition of o’clock from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of o’clock. in Spanish. la una, las dos, las tres…
The 24-hour clock is a way of telling the time in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, numbered from 0 to 23. It does not use a.m. or p.m.
