"twelve o'clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: twelve o'clocks [plural]
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  1. (In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Time, Twelve Translations (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon): kaksitoista (päivällä) (Finnish), kello kaksitoista (päivällä) (Finnish), douze heures [feminine, plural] (French), zwölf Uhr (German), dwunasta [feminine] (Polish), las doce [feminine, plural] (Spanish), klockan tolv (Swedish)
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  2. (Only in the 12-hour clock) The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Time Translations (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight): les dotze [feminine, plural] (Catalan), kaksitoista (yöllä) (Finnish), kello kaksitoista (yöllä) (Finnish), douze heures [feminine, plural] (French), as doce [feminine, plural] (Galician), zwölf Uhr (German), μεσάνυχτα (mesánychta) [neuter, plural] (Greek), 十二時 (jūni-ji) (alt: じゅうにじ) (Japanese), 零時 (reiji) (Japanese), hora duodecima [feminine] (Latin), dwunasta [feminine] (Polish), doze horas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), las doce [feminine, plural] (Spanish), klockan tolv (Swedish), midnatt [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (informal) A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face) Tags: informal, uncountable, usually
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          "24-hour clock",
          "24-hour clock"
        ],
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ],
        [
          "noon",
          "noon"
        ],
        [
          "noontime",
          "noontime"
        ],
        [
          "p.m.",
          "p.m."
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The bar closes at twelve o'clock (= \"The bar closes at midnight\").",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "12-hour clock",
          "12-hour clock"
        ],
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ],
        [
          "midnight",
          "midnight"
        ],
        [
          "a.m.",
          "a.m."
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Only in the 12-hour clock",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Only in the 12-hour clock) The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock (= \"We've got a bogey straight in front of us\").",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ahead",
          "ahead"
        ],
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "word": "kaksitoista (päivällä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "word": "kello kaksitoista (päivällä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "douze heures"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "word": "zwölf Uhr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dwunasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "двена́дцать часо́в (dvenádcatʹ časóv, literally “twelve hours”)",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "las doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon",
      "word": "klockan tolv"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "двана́дцята годи́на f (dvanádcjata hodýna, literally “twelfth hour”)",
      "sense": "start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "les dotze"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "kaksitoista (yöllä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "kello kaksitoista (yöllä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "douze heures"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "as doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "zwölf Uhr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mesánychta",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "μεσάνυχτα"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうにじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūni-ji",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "十二時"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reiji",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "零時"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hora duodecima"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dwunasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "doze horas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "двена́дцать часо́в (dvenádcatʹ časóv, literally “twelve hours”)",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "las doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "word": "klockan tolv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "midnatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "двана́дцята годи́на f (dvanádcjata hodýna, literally “twelfth hour”)",
      "sense": "start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twelve o'clock"
}

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