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small hours

small hour
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [smawl ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /smɔl aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
    • /smɔːl aʊər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [smawl ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /smɔl aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of small hours words

  • noun,plural small hours pre-dawn 1
  • noun plural small hours If something happens in the small hours, it happens soon after midnight, in the very early morning. 0
  • noun small hours the first few hours after midnight 0

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Origin of small hours

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Small hours

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

small hours popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% 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.

Synonyms for small hours

noun small hours

  • midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
  • night — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

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