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Definition of Hours
1. Noun. A period of time assigned for work. "They work long hours"
2. Noun. An indefinite period of time. "They talked for hours"
Definition of Hours
1. n. pl. Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Definition of Hours
1. Noun. (plural of hour) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hours
1. hour [n] - See also: hour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hours
Literary usage of Hours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Time available for instruction varies commonly from four hours a week to half-time,
... Where a few hours a week only are available the school will have to ..."
2. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"After 175 hours, however, a black coating of oxide formed and the metal lost 0.5
... In dilute acid, at 110° C., it lost 0.05 percent after 22 hours but ..."
3. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"And my assertion that, in the first 5f hours, ' he produces his wages, and in
the last 5f hours your net profit, amounts only to this, that yoa pay him for ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In our initial attempts rats were given the reminder shock 24 hours after training
and tested for recovery 24 hours later. This procedure does not result in ..."
5. Annual ReportLabor laws and legislation L (1902)
"hours of labor on street surface and elevated railroads.—Ten consecutive hours'
labor, including one-half hour for dinner, shall constitute a day's labor in ..."
6. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"OF BLISS AND MANY hours OF SADNESS The next day was gloomy enough at Blooms-End.
Yeobright remained in his study, sitting over the open books; ..."
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