Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

four o'clock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: four o'-clock
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).

Uncountable

noun

The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00).

Uncountable

noun

A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face)

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon.

Uncountable

noun

The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The breakfast buffet opens at four o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 4:00 a.m.")."
"The next train comes at four o'clock (= "The next train comes at 16:00")."
"We've got a bogey at four o'clock."

Usage

Inflected Forms

four-o'clock (alternative)

Phrases

garden four o'clock Colorado four o'clock

Questions

What does four o'clock mean?: The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).

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