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hour

111 1.0

The time it takes to travel to a place

noun
/aʊər/

: hora

The cabin is about an hour drive from the nearest town.
an hour's drive

If something is a three hour walk or less, he'll walk it.

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Examples

I'm about an hour drive away from you in Philadelphia.
Petra is a three, no four, hour drive south of Amman, the capital city.

Academic text (2008)
Yeah, I think it is an hour away maybe.
And it used to run just about an hour and a half.

Behind the Burly Q (2010)
One thing I can say is that we're about a three hour drive from Boston, MA.
So I told him, I said, well, we are an hour flight from Florida.
Poland is now less than an hour's drive from Berlin or a few minutes by fighter plane.

Academic text (1994)
And they live in Greystones, Ireland, which is like an hour South of Dublin.

Rich Roll
The top five campgrounds one hour from Charleston.
I live in Spain, in Catalonia, Barcelona, an hour away from Barcelona.

Idioms

eleventh hour

8 5.2

The latest possible time before a deadline or event

at the eleventh hour

3 4.5

The last moment before a deadline when it is almost too late

every hour God sends

Archaic

1 7.5

As often as possible

Compounds

half-hour

835 1.0

A period of thirty minutes

miles per hour

142 1.7

A measure of speed showing how many miles you travel in one hour

an hour and a half

107 1.0

A time that lasts 90 minutes

long hour

81 2.4

A period of time spent working or doing something that is longer than usual

rush hour

56 2.3

Times at the start and end of the work day when traffic is heavy

happy hour

54 2.5

A period when a bar or restaurant sells drinks and sometimes food at lower prices

top of the hour

35 3.0

The exact time when a new hour begins, for example 3:00

early-morning hour

19 2.6

A time early in the morning just after dawn

man hour

Specialized

16 3.0

The amount of work one person does in one hour

finest hour

14 4.6

A moment when a person has their greatest success in life or work

quarter-hour

13 1.0

A period of fifteen minutes

man-hour

Specialized

11 3.4

The work one person does in one hour

kilometers per hour

8 2.4

The number of kilometers you travel in one hour

kilowatt hour

Specialized

8 3.2

The energy used by a 1,000-watt device in one hour

zero hour

6 5.1

The exact time when a planned action begins

credit hour

Specialized

3 3.5

One hour of class each week during a semester that counts toward a degree

megawatt hour

Specialized

2 4.0

A unit of energy equal to one million watts used for one hour

watt-hour

Specialized

2 4.2

Energy that one watt of power uses in one hour

hour hand

2 1.8

The shorter hand on a clock or watch that shows the hour

late-night hour

1 3.7

The late part of the night when most people are asleep

megawatt-hour

Specialized

1 5.1

An amount of electricity equal to one million watts used for one hour

light hour

Specialized

1 8.1

The distance light travels in empty space in one hour, about one billion kilometers

twilight hour

1 3.5

The time after the sun goes down when the sky is partly light

semester hour

1 3.1

A unit of college credit equal to one hour of class per week during a semester

person hour

Specialized

1 3.6

The amount of work one person does in one hour

canonical hour

Formal

1 9.9

One of seven fixed times for prayer during the day in the Roman Catholic Church

eleventh-hour effort

1 4.8

A last-minute attempt to finish something before time runs out

ampere-hour

Specialized

1 6.3

The amount of electricity a one-ampere current moves in one hour

sidereal hour

Specialized

1 9.9

A time unit astronomers use to divide a day measured by the stars into 24 parts

horsepower-hour

Specialized

1 7.7

Amount of work one horsepower does in one hour

machine-hour

Specialized

1 5.8

One hour of a machine's running time that measures work done or cost

eleventh-hour decision

1 5.2

A decision someone makes at the last possible moment before a deadline

flower-of-an-hour

Specialized

1 9.9

A small plant with yellow flowers that open in the morning and fade by midday

flowers-of-an-hour

1 9.9

A plant with yellow flowers that open in the morning and fade by midday

gigajillion hour

Slang

9.7

A very long time that people say to show exaggeration

hour angle

Specialized

9.6

A distance along the sky's equator from your north-south line to a star

hour circle

Specialized

9.9

A circle on the sky that passes through both celestial poles and a star to show its right ascension

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week

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day

∞ 1.0

hour

111 1.0

minute

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hour singular

hours plural

Etymology

Hour comes from Latin hora (from Greek hōra), meaning 'a part of the day', and because it measures time people began to use it for distances by travel time. So saying a place is an hour away means it takes about that amount of time to get there.