O'clock
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English
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Etymology
Shortened form of "of the clock", that is, "according to the clock".
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Phrase
o'clock
- After a numeral, designates 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.
- After a numeral, designates the relative heading, from a given point and heading, to another point, as if the given point is at the centre of a clock and the numeral twelve is aligned with the given heading.
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Translations
indication of time The translations below are of one o'clock
heading