Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twenty-four hours

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: twen-ty--four hours
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

Example Sentences

"two days later they left"
"they put on two performances every day"
"there are 30,000 passengers per day"

Synonyms

day twenty-four hour period 24-hour interval solar day mean solar day

Questions

What does twenty-four hours mean?: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

How to pronounce twenty-four hours

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