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# clock

noun (clock, clocks; o'clock); verb (clock, clocks, clocked)

«clock» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A clock is a machine that shows the time, on a wall or a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#m1)
2. O'clock names an exact hour: «three o'clock». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#m2)
3. To clock is to measure a time or a speed: «She clocked 12 seconds». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#m3)

### In the lessons

«o'clock» names the hour on a 12-hour clock face; a clock face has 12 hours; the short hand shows hours, the long hand minutes; phrases: «o'clock», «alarm clock», «clockwise», «around the clock» (all day and night), «against the clock»

### Examples

- A film starts at 3 o'clock and lasts 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x1)
- The shop opens at 9 o'clock and closes at 5 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x2)
- It is 11 o'clock. What time will it be in 3 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x3)
- My alarm clock rings at 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x4)
- The clock on the wall is 5 minutes slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x5)
- Turn the lid clockwise to close it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x6)
- Nurses work around the clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x7)
- We raced against the clock to finish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x8)
- It was two o'clock in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/#x9)

### Note

A clock face has 12 hours; a day has 24 hours. Add hours to the start on a 12-hour clock; after 12 comes 1 again. Trap: from 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock is 8 hours, not 9 − 5. «o'clock» is used only for whole hours, not «3:15 o'clock».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clock.html) on Mova free.