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o'clock

 
Dictionary: o'clock   (ə-klŏk') pronunciation

adv.
  1. Of or according to the clock: three o'clock.
  2. According to an imaginary clock dial with the observer at the center and 12 o'clock considered as straight ahead in horizontal position or straight up in vertical position. Used to indicate relative position: enemy planes at 10 o'clock.

[Short for of the clock.]


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IN BRIEF: A phrase that is used after a number to signal that it refers to time.

pronunciation Let's have dinner at 6 o'clock.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: according to the clock


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עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮על פי השעון‬


 
 
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