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hour `noun` [ ˈaʊə ]

• a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.

• "an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings"

• a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday.

• "the clock in the sitting room struck the hour"

• a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.

• "the dinner hour"

• (in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities.

• "an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours"

• 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle).

Origin: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French ure, via Latin from Greek hōra ‘season, hour’.

on the hour

• at the same time every hour, or at the beginning of each hour.

• "news bulletins all day on the hour"

all hours

• most of the time, especially outside the time considered usual.
"teenagers expect to be allowed to stay out to all hours"

keep late hours

• habitually get up late and go to bed late.
"she'd been under the impression that natives of Spanish-speaking countries kept late hours"

keep regular hours

• do the same thing at the same time every day, especially getting up and going to bed.
"Walker recommends keeping regular hours, keeping the bedroom cool, and avoiding caffeine after midday"

on the hour

• at the same time every hour, or at the beginning of each hour.
"news bulletins all day on the hour"

within the hour

• after less than an hour.
"his response came within the hour"

hour noun [ ˈaʊə ]

on the hour

all hours

keep late hours

keep regular hours

on the hour

within the hour

hour `noun` [ ˈaʊə ]