English > time of day: 1 sense > noun 1, time| Meaning | clock time. |
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| Synonym | hour |
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| Narrower | bedtime | The time you go to bed |
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| canonical hour | (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer |
| closing time | The regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public |
| dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow | The first light of day |
| early-morning hour | An hour early in the morning |
| happy hour | The time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price |
| late-night hour | The latter part of night |
| mealtime | The hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten |
| midnight | 12 o'clock at night |
| none | A canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise |
| noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide | The middle of the day |
| rush hour | The times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work |
| small hours | The hours just after midnight |
| sunset, sundown | The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon |
| twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle | The time of day immediately following sunset |
| zero hour | The time set for the start of an action or operation |
| Broader | clock time, time | A reading of a point in time as given by a clock |
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| Spanish | hora del día, hora |
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| Catalan | hora |
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