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hours

/ˈaʊɚz/noun2 syllables

Hours means: a period of time assigned for work.

What does hours mean?2

noun

1

a period of time assigned for work“they work long hours”

2

an indefinite period of time“they talked for hours”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hours?7

two syllables

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three syllables

empowers

four syllables

superpowers
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Hours in a sentence

  • Due to bad weather, the plane arrived three hours late.AlanF_US
  • Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?CM
  • If you do it this way, you can save several hours.CM
  • After six hours' climbing, we finally succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain.CK
  • I waited for ten minutes, though they seemed like ten hours to me.marcelostockle
  • I waited for hours, but she didn't show up.CK
  • Unless you keep early hours, you will injure your health.unknown
  • As is often the case with old people, my grandfather keeps early hours.human600

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