work-hour

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurk ouuh r, ou-er]
- /wɜrk aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurk ouuh r, ou-er]
- /wɜrk aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definition of work-hour word

noun work-hour any of the hours of a day during which work is done, as in an office, usually between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 1

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Origin of work-hour

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Work-hour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Work-hour

work-hour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% 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.