four o'clock

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four o'clock

noun four-o'clock

uncountable The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00). The breakfast buffet opens at four o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 4:00 a.m.").
uncountable The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00). The next train comes at four o'clock (= "The next train comes at 16:00").
informal, uncountable A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face) We've got a bogey at four o'clock.
uncountable Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon.
uncountable The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

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noun the start of the fifth hour

Español	las cuatro
한국어	네시 nesi
日本語	四時 yo-ji
中文	四點鐘 /四点钟 sì diǎn zhōng, 四點 /四点 sì diǎn
Português	quatro horas
Français	quatre heures
Deutsch	vier Uhr
Русский	четы́ре часа́ četýre časá
Tiếng Việt	bốn giờ
العربية	اَلسَّاعَة اَلرَّابِعَة as-sāʕa r-rābiʕa

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@misc{four_o_clock_2026,
  title = {four o'clock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/four%20o'clock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}