credit hour

cred·it hour

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kred-it ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈkrɛd ɪt aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kred-it ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈkrɛd ɪt aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of credit hour words

countable noun credit hour A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study. 3
noun credit hour (in US education) the basic unit of measurement for credits which lead to a degree 3
noun credit hour hour (sense 7) 3
noun credit hour hour (def 12). 1

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Origin of credit hour

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Credit hour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Credit hour

credit hour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

credit hour usage trend in Literature

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