Definitions for o'clock
əˈklɒko'clock

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. o'clockadverb

   according to the clock

   "it's three o'clock in Tokyo now"

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1. o'clock

   The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem, translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin post meridiem, translating to "after midday"). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered: 12 (acting as 0), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The 12-hour clock was developed from the second millennium BC and reached its modern form in the 16th century AD. The 12-hour time convention is common in several English-speaking nations and former British colonies, as well as a few other countries. There is no widely accepted convention for how midday and midnight should be represented: in English-speaking countries, "12 p.m." indicates 12 o'clock noon, while "12 a.m." means 12 o'clock midnight.

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1. o'clock

   O'clock is a term used to indicate the exact hour in the 12-hour time system. The term originates from the phrase "of the clock", used to distinguish the time from other methods of telling time, such as a sundial. It is commonly used in analog clocks and watches.

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1. O'clock

   Of the clock

   When reading a sundial it was said it is 5 to 5 of the clock

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on January 12, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'o'clock' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3461

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'o'clock' in Written Corpus Frequency: #478

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'o'clock' in Adverbs Frequency: #174

How to pronounce o'clock?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say o'clock in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of o'clock in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of o'clock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of o'clock in a Sentence

1. Michael Terman:

   Our inner clock, whose timing cycle does not necessarily match day and night outdoors, needs to stay in sync with rest-activity cycles dictated by family and work life, this is both very disorienting and a trigger for mood slumps and depression.

2. Gary Landis:

   Everybody has grandma’s clock in the attic and it’s a nostalgia thing and they want to bring it down, they remember as a little child that grandma had that clock.

3. Terry Purvis:

   Last night we had a levy that was breaching. We evacuated Garland at 11 o'clock with 99 percent of the people leaving, if the levee had broken, 50,000 acres would flood in 30 minutes.

4. Anne Milasincic Andrews:

   People are just staying up too late, they get up to the alarm clock every day and by Friday they are down as many as 10 hours of sleep, and that's really going to effect your performance, athletically, physically and mentally.

5. Rory McIlroy:

   Nothing that a few quick birdies won't change if I try and win 7 and 6, if the fight starts at maybe 10 o'clock like they usually do, then it should be OK.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=o'clock
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Clock
3. ^ ChatGPT
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