o'clock
Hour announcement phrase
O'clock specifies the hour in telling time, indicating the top of the hour: It's three o'clock.
The word is a contraction of "of the clock," distinguishing clock time from other timekeeping methods.
O'clock also indicates direction using the clock face as reference: Enemy aircraft at two o'clock means to the right.
noon
Day's exact middle
exactly · precisely · quarter · chime · strike · bell · alarm · appointment · schedule · punctual
position within the hour
o'clockhalf past
Thirty minutes in
quarter past · quarter to · -ish · thirty · forty-five
- five o'clockLate afternoon hour
- one o'clockThirteen hundred hours
- two o'clockSpecific afternoon hour
- three o'clockSpecific afternoon time
- twelve o'clockNoon or midnight
- eight o'clockSpecific hour designation
clock, clocks, clockwork, clocked, clocking, clockwise, clocker, counterclockwise, anticlockwise