Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eight o'clock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
eight o'-clock
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).

noun

The start of the twenty-first hour of the day; 8:00 p.m. (20:00).

noun

A position to the left and behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 8 mark on a clock face)

Informal

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What does eight o'clock mean?
The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).

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