hour

hour is on the Basic English 850 List.

hospital - hour - house

hour is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

hot - hour - house

Pronunciation

• (UK) (AU) enPR: ouə(r), IPA ^(key): /aʊə(r)/, SAMPA: /aU@(r)/
• (US) (Canada) enPR: our, IPA ^(key): /aʊr/ or /aʊɚ/, SAMPA: /aUr/

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• Homophone: our

Noun

Singular hour

Plural hours

1. (uncountable) A measure of time, equal to 60 minutes.

   There are 60 minutes in one hour.

   There are 24 hours in one day.

Related words

• hourly