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hr

75 1.0
A period of time equal to sixty minutes
  • noun
translation icon : hora
  • A typical workday is usually about eight hr long.

Examples

  • He studied for his exam for three hr each day this week.

  • The meeting will last for two hr before we break for lunch.

  • Like I work HR at a law firm.

  • Yeah, I guess, I mean, just have to go back to the HR department.

  • I think all those applications are still down at HR.

  • Does your wife work in HR?

  • I walked into the conference room and saw my boss and someone from HR sitting on the other side of the conference table.

  • I'm the new HR director.

  • If other staff express concern about an employee, encourage them to contact line managers or HR directly.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Sue was just packing up to leave when Kathy got back to the HR department.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

hour
vshr
1.0

A period of sixty minutes

is the abbreviated written form of the same time period

Compounds

kW-hr
  • Specialized
3.7

The amount of energy a 1,000-watt device uses in one hour

Surface Forms

hr singular
hrs plural

Etymology

The abbreviation hr is short for the word hour, which comes from the Latin word hora meaning 'hour' or 'time'. Think of an hourglass that measures a fixed 60-minute period; that's why hr marks one hour.