"four o'clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} four o'clock (uncountable)
  1. (In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00). Tags: uncountable Translations (the start of the fifth hour): اَلسَّاعَة اَلرَّابِعَة (as-sāʕa r-rābiʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), les quatre [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 四點鐘 (Chinese Mandarin), 四点钟 (sì diǎn zhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 四點 (Chinese Mandarin), 四点 (sì diǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ga ene [neuter] (Ewe), neljä (Finnish), kello neljä (Finnish), quatre heures [feminine, plural] (French), vier Uhr (German), klukkan fjögur (Icelandic), jam empat (Indonesian), 四時 (yo-ji) (alt: よじ) (Japanese), 네시 (nesi) (Korean), hora quarta (Latin), dį́įʼdi azlį́į́ʼ (Navajo), niiwo-diba'igane (Ojibwe), czwarta [feminine] (Polish), quatro horas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), четы́ре часа́ (četýre časá) (Russian), las cuatro [feminine, plural] (Spanish), klockan fyra (Swedish), alas-kuwatro (Tagalog), ikaapat (Tagalog), saat dört (Turkish), bốn giờ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-four_o'clock-en-noun-WoR7cBQX Disambiguation of 'the start of the fifth hour': 63 29 2 4 2
  2. (Only in the 12-hour clock) The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-four_o'clock-en-noun-CByQtTED
  3. (informal) A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face) Tags: informal, uncountable Synonyms: four-o'clock Derived forms: garden four o'clock (taxonomic: Mirabilis jalapa), Colorado four o'clock (taxonomic: Mirabilis multiflora)
    Sense id: en-four_o'clock-en-noun-sPxMiNsK
  4. Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Four, Time Categories (lifeform): Four o'clock family plants, Honeyeaters
    Sense id: en-four_o'clock-en-noun-tycT58mW Disambiguation of Four: 16 4 17 37 25 Disambiguation of Time: 27 27 0 47 0 Disambiguation of Four o'clock family plants: 3 2 25 56 14 Disambiguation of Honeyeaters: 6 5 20 47 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 26 41 28
  5. The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-four_o'clock-en-noun-OJRdcnrG

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      "roman": "sì diǎn",
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      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
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      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
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      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "dį́įʼdi azlį́į́ʼ"
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      "word": "las cuatro"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "klockan fyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "alas-kuwatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "ikaapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "saat dört"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "четве́рта годи́на f (četvérta hodýna, literally “fourth hour”)",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the start of the fifth hour",
      "word": "bốn giờ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "four o'clock"
}

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