Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Home
Wordlists
Using OALD
OAAD
Oxford 3000
Academic Word List
Pictures
Usage notes
How To
Pronunciation Guide
Guide to Labels
Blog
Online Catalogue
Search results
o'clock
adverb
5 o'clock shadow
five o'clock shadow
noun
midnight
noun
noon
noun
hour
noun
noontide
noun
high noon
noun
p.m.
abbreviation
afternoon
noun
midday
noun
elevenses
noun
swing shift
noun
Definition of
o'clock adverb
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
o'clock
adverb
əˈklɒk
əˈklɑːk
used with the numbers 1 to 12 when telling the time, to mean an exact hour
He left between five and six o'clock.
at/after/before eleven o'clock