"24/7" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: 7 [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} 7 (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of twenty-four seven. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: twenty-four seven Translations (abbreviation of twenty-four seven): 一週7天,每天24小時 (Chinese Mandarin), 一周7天 (Chinese Mandarin), 每天24小时 (yīzhōu 7 tiān, měitiān 24 xiǎoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 1x24 [Suriname] (Dutch), 24 (Finnish), 7 (Finnish), 24/24 7/7 (French), 24 heures sur 24 (French), h24 (French), immerzu (German), rund um die Uhr (German), 24 (Italian), 7 (Italian), ao noa, po noa. (Maori), 24 (Russian), 7 (Russian), круглые сутки (kruglyje sutki) (Russian), 24 (Spanish), 7 (Spanish), 24 (Swedish), 7 (Swedish), ständigt och jämt (Swedish), 7 (Turkish), 24 (Turkish), 24 (Vietnamese), 7 (Vietnamese)

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