o'clock

Oraciones
An user
The   time
  must   have   been   somewhere   around   six o'clock .

El tiempo debe haber estado en algún lugar alrededor de las seis en punto.

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (not-comparable) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral, i.e., at the hour.
  2. (humorous, informal, not-comparable) Used to indicate that it is time to do a specific action, or time for a specific action to occur.
  3. (not-comparable, with-numeral) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead on a horizontal plane, or directly up on a vertical plane, and three being to the right on either.

Sinónimos

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈklɒk/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Shortened form of "of the clock", from Middle English of the clokke [from late 14th c.].

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