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Meaning of HOURS

Pronunciation:  'awurz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"
  2. [n]  a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"
 
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 See Also: duty period, period, period of time, shift, time period, work shift, work time

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hours\, n. pl. [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. ?). See
{Hour}.] (Myth.)
Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
      Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train,
      appear.                                  --Gray.
 

 

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