hour
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
the job will take more than an hour
Types & categories
- time unit hypernym
- sidereal hour hyponym
- man hour hyponym
Parts & wholes
- day part holonym
- half-hour part meronym
- quarter-hour part meronym
- minute part meronym
- quarter part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
clock time
the hour is getting late
Types & categories
- clock time hypernym
- noon hyponym
- mealtime hyponym
- late-night hour hyponym
- midnight hyponym
- small hours hyponym
- bedtime hyponym
- closing time hyponym
- dawn hyponym
- early-morning hour hyponym
- sunset hyponym
- twilight hyponym
- none hyponym
- happy hour hyponym
- rush hour hyponym
- zero hour hyponym
- canonical hour hyponym
Related & opposite
- horary derivation
Sense 3 noun
a special and memorable period
it was their finest hour
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Sense 4 noun
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
we live an hour from the airport
Types & categories
- distance hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hourly |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | horary |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | day |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | half-hour |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quarter-hour |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | minute |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quarter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | time unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidereal hour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | man hour |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | horary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clock time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | noon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mealtime |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | late-night hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | midnight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | small hours |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedtime |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | closing time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dawn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | early-morning hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sunset |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | twilight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | none |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | happy hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rush hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zero hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | canonical hour |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |