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O'clock

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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Phrase

1.2.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Shortened form of "of the clock", that is, "according to the clock".

Phrase

o'clock

  1. After a numeral, used to designate the time when the minute hand of a clock or watch points to twelve (as opposed to a certain number of minutes before or after that time) and the hour hand points to the specified numeral.
  2. After a numeral, in a direction to a point on the circumference of an imaginary horizontal circle with the speaker or writer at its centre, with 12 o'clock meaning straight ahead.

Translations

The translations below are of one o'clock

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The adverb "o'clock" has one sense:

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