hour

A period of time equal to sixty minutes.

• She studies English for an hour every day.
  Her gün bir saat İngilizce çalışır.
• The journey takes about an hour by train.
  Yolculuk trenle yaklaşık bir saat sürer.

A particular time of the day or night.

• Who could be calling us at this hour?
  Bu saatte bizi kim arıyor olabilir?
• The streets are quiet in the early hours of the morning.
  Sabahın erken saatlerinde sokaklar sessizdir.

The fixed period of time when a shop or an office is open, or when people work.

• The library is closed outside normal opening hours.
  Kütüphane normal açılış saatleri dışında kapalıdır.
• Nurses often work long hours at the hospital.
  Hemşireler hastanede çoğu zaman uzun mesai yapar.

A long time, used in the plural, often to make the time sound longer.

• We waited for hours at the airport.
  Havalimanında saatlerce bekledik.
• It took hours to find a parking space.
  Park yeri bulmak saatler sürdü.

The exact moment when a new hour begins, such as two o'clock or three o'clock.

• Trains to the airport leave every hour on the hour.
  Havalimanı trenleri her saat başı kalkar.
• The news is broadcast on the hour, every hour.
  Haberler her saat başı yayınlanır.

The distance that you can travel in an hour.

• The beach is only an hour from our house.
  Plaja evimizden sadece bir saatlik yol var.
• The nearest hospital is two hours away by car.
  En yakın hastane arabayla iki saatlik mesafede.

In aviation, one hour of flying time, used to measure a pilot's experience or an aircraft's use.

• The captain has over ten thousand hours on this type.
  Kaptanın bu tipte on binden fazla uçuş saati var.
• She logged twelve hours of night flying last month.
  Geçen ay on iki saat gece uçuşu kaydetti.