o'clock
of, by, or according to the clock (used in specifying the hour of the day): It is now 4 o'clock.
according to a method for indicating relative position whereby a plane in space is considered to be numbered as a clock's face, with 12 o'clock considered as directly ahead in horizontal position or straight up in vertical position.
Origin of o'clock
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How to use o'clock in a sentence
Hitchcock arrives about ten o'clock, reads his mail, and answers the few phone calls he gets.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt eight o'clock the team filed out to warm up, Sawchuck leading, wide-legged in his goalie pads, and Howe last.
But he don't eat breakfast till he gets up for the races, maybe two o'clock in the afternoon.
I told him to get his taxi driver to come back at five o'clock in the morning and do you know what?
Prince Harry And Cressida Party Till Dawn At Glastonbury | Tom Sykes | July 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Not the Nine o'clock News, a spiritual successor to Python, once put it: “These men died for us – frequently.”
It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonAt six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIt was now about eight o'clock at night, and the captain ordered supper immediately, thinking I had already fasted too long.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftSeven o'clock was the hour fixed for the marriage: it would be twilight then, and dinner over.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodHer hope persisted until half-past nine: it then began to fade, and, at ten o'clock, was extinct.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for o'clock
/ (əˈklɒk) /
used after a number from one to twelve to indicate the hour of the day or night
used after a number to indicate direction or position relative to the observer, twelve o'clock being directly ahead or overhead and other positions being obtained by comparisons with a clock face
Origin of o'clock
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