|
hours
has definitions from the field of work
|
|
| 1 |
[ noun ] (work) a period of time assigned for work
Examples "they work long hours" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)Like many others , he had to work hard , long hours in a struggling family_business which , though it was allied to art of a kind - the design and production of engraved seals - bore no relation to the painting of pictures . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Also make sure you have reasonable requirements as to hours worked before a production employee is entitled to a vacation . You might try providing standard vacation time_off but make the vacation pay depend_on the number of hours worked in the previous year . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Hard physical labor and undesirable hours are a part of farm life . Frequently he must work long hours in the hot sun or cold rain . |
| 2 |
[ noun ] an indefinite period of time
Examples "they talked for hours" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)- to lunge anxiously through crowded streets to railroad_stations and , at odd hours of night , drive from smaller stations to distant homes , probably through rain or , in November , something worse . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)His mind flicked through the mental_pictures he had from the hours of Aircraft_Identification . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Her words remained with him , worrying him for hours . Related terms |
| * |
|