- hour-long
- adjective Date: 1803 lasting an hour
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hour|long — «OWR LNG, LONG», adjective. lasting an hour: »an hourlong conference … Useful english dictionary
hour-long — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : lasting for an hour hour long radio program * * * (also hourlong) adj. [attrib.] lasting for one hour … Useful english dictionary
hour-long — adj. Hour long is used with these nouns: ↑documentary, ↑drama, ↑episode, ↑meeting, ↑video, ↑visit … Collocations dictionary
long — long1 [ lɔŋ ] adjective *** ▸ 1 measurement/distance ▸ 2 lasting long time ▸ 3 measuring distance/time ▸ 4 book/letter/list ▸ 5 clothes ▸ 6 about ball in sports ▸ 7 drink: in tall glass ▸ 8 about vowel ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) measuring a large amount… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
long — I UK [lɒŋ] / US [lɔŋ] adjective Word forms long : adjective long comparative longer superlative longest *** 1) lasting for a large amount of time It s a long time since I saw Rachel. There was a long pause before he spoke. Many people face a long … English dictionary
hour — n. 1 a twenty fourth part of a day and night, 60 minutes. 2 a time of day, a point in time (a late hour; what is the hour?). 3 (in pl. with preceding numerals in form 18.00, 20.30, etc.) this number of hours and minutes past midnight on the 24… … Useful english dictionary
hour — W1S1 [auə US aur] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(60 minutes)¦ 2¦(business/work etc)¦ 3 (work) long/regular etc hours 4¦(time of day)¦ 5¦(long time)¦ 6¦(o clock)¦ 7 1300/1530/1805 etc hours 8 by the hour/from hour to hour 9 lunch/din … Dictionary of contemporary English
hour — [ aur ] noun *** ▸ 1 60 minutes of time ▸ 2 a long time ▸ 3 time in which you do something ▸ 4 particular time of day ▸ 5 point in history/life ▸ 6 exact time ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Hour 25 — was a radio program focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and science. It was broadcast on Pacifica radio station KPFK in Southern California from 1972 to 2000, and is now distributed over the Internet. It has featured numerous interviews with… … Wikipedia
hour after hour — hour after/upon/hour phrase a very long time She spends hour after hour reading magazines. Thesaurus: long periods of timesynonym general periods of timehyponym … Useful english dictionary
