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after-hours

af·ter-hours
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [af-ter, ahf- ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
    • /ˈɑːftə(r) aʊər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [af-ter, ahf- ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of after-hours word

  • adjective after-hours You use after-hours to describe activities which happen after the end of the usual time for them. 3
  • phrase after-hours If you do something after hours, you do it outside normal business hours or the time when you are usually at work. 3
  • adjective after-hours after the normal time for something 3
  • adjective after-hours occurring, active, etc. after the regular time, esp. after business hours 3
  • adjective after-hours open after the usual or legal closing time 3
  • noun after-hours after the regular hours for business, school, etc. 3

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Origin of after-hours

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for After-hours

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

after-hours popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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