Pronunciation Adverb
o'clock (not comparable)
- (modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.
- We are expected to be there at six o'clock in the morning!
- It is two o'clock.
- (rare, nonstandard) What o'clock is it?
- (jocular) In conjunction with a term representing an action or event that occurs daily, indicates the time that said action or event occurs, or first occurs.
- 1880, Henrietta A. Duff, Honor Carmichael, page 251 ↗,
- That same evening at tea-time — (I am sorry to have to introduce you to another eating-scene, but the hours in English households are usually marked by repasts. It is a daily calendar of feasts — breakfast o’clock, dinner o’clock, &c., […] ).
- 1904, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple Bar, Volume 129, page 144 ↗,
- “My sister requires your attendance at supper o’clock this evening — no excuse accepted.”
- 1998, Carolyn Greene, Heavenly Husband, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ovdrZZmRa_wC&q=%22lunch|luncheon+o%27clock%22&dq=%22lunch|luncheon+o%27clock%22&hl=en&ei=0PUqTuaZIc3JrAfZ3bSyDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ page 129],
- “It's lunch o’clock. Wanna go out to eat?”
- 1880, Henrietta A. Duff, Honor Carmichael, page 251 ↗,
- (with a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead and three being to the right.
- 1943 November 29, Target: Germany, in Life, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DVcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22flak%22+-intitle:flak&hl=en&ei=4jkpTujsJYjMmAWg8p2ZDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22flak%22%20-intitle%3Aflak&f=false page 80],
- At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o’clock, below.
- 1943 November 29, Target: Germany, in Life, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DVcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22flak%22+-intitle:flak&hl=en&ei=4jkpTujsJYjMmAWg8p2ZDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22flak%22%20-intitle%3Aflak&f=false page 80],
- French: une heure
- Georgian: პირველი საათი
- German: ein Uhr
- Italian: l'una, l'una in punto, l'una esatta
- Portuguese: uma hora, uma (hora) em ponto
- Russian: час
- Spanish: la una#Spanish, la una en punto
- French: à une heure
- German: um 1 Uhr, um eins
- Italian: l'una in punto, l'una esatta
- Portuguese: à uma (hora)
- Russian: в час
- Spanish: a la una, a la una en punto
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