top of the hour in English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bottom of the hour"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "tops of the hours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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          "ref": "2005, Simran Kohli, The Radio Jockey Handbook, page 93:",
          "text": "If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme.",
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        }
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        "The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "top of the morning"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "top of the hour"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bottom of the hour"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tops of the hours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tops of the hour",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "top of the morning"
    }
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        "The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time."
      ],
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          "start"
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        "(idiomatic) The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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}

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"top of the hour" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms