hora — meaning in English

English meaning

• hour noun A unit of time equal to sixty minutes, one twenty-fourth of a day.
• period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
• time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.

Senses

hora is used for these senses in English:

• period (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
• time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
• time (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
• time (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
• time (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

hour — full definition

1. noun A unit of time equal to sixty minutes, one twenty-fourth of a day.
2. noun A particular point in time, or a moment associated with something significant.
3. noun The current time of day.
4. noun A period of time worked, especially as counted for pay.

period — full definition

1. noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
2. noun The punctuation mark "." used to end a sentence or mark an abbreviation.
3. noun A monthly episode of menstruation.
4. noun One of the timed segments a game, class, or match is divided into.
5. intj Used to show a statement is final, with nothing more to add.

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