four o'clock
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7.7
- noun
- /fɔr əˈklɑk/
:
cuatro en punto
- Every day, the flowers of the four o'clock bloom beautifully in my garden during the late afternoon.
- four o'clock this afternoon
- four o'clock tomorrow
- four o'clock in the morning
Examples
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We planted four o'clock plants along the pathway to enjoy their vibrant colors as the sun sets.
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The fragrance of the four o'clock flowers filled the air in the yard, enchanting everyone who passed by.
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Meet me here at this spot if you can get away today at four o'clock for a big.
Fiction book (1999) -
The first time, she came out of her place at four o'clock.
Fiction book (1994) -
My dogs usually eat in the afternoon at four o'clock.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then he said we should go back to the hotel; tomorrow at four o'clock we are going to have another meeting.
Academic text (1990) -
Were you working here at about four o'clock?
Fiction book (1994) -
Mom called at four o'clock.
Fiction book (1999) -
- Madison, I'll be at the park today around four o'clock.
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I arranged to meet Felicia Karp at four o'clock.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
A garden plant with fragrant, colorful flowers that open in the late afternoon, often called four o'clock
A garden plant with scented flowers that open late afternoon
A group of flowering plants, like four o'clocks, that open scented flowers in the evening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although the constituents 'four' and 'o'clock' literally denote a time, the plant name is transparently motivated by the predictable property that these flowers open in the late afternoon, so a learner could plausibly infer a time-related sense (a flower that opens around four). However, the expression is lexicalized as the name of a specific ornamental plant and requires botanical/cultural knowledge to recognise it as a noun for that species, so the link is only partial rather than fully compositional.
Etymology
Four o'clock The plant called four o'clock gets its name from the time its flowers open in the late afternoon; they often open around four o'clock, so the name helps you remember that these blooms appear in the evening.