"for hours" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} for hours
  1. taking many hours Synonyms: for hours on end Translations (taking many hours): i timevis (Danish), tunteja (Finnish), tuntikaupalla (Finnish), pendant des heures (French), i timevis (Norwegian Bokmål), i timevis (Norwegian Nynorsk), часами (časami) (Russian)
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