all hours

plural noun

: a very late time
stayed up until all hours

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Under the new policy, people are prohibited from sitting, lying down or sleeping outside City Hall during all hours of the day. Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025 To the chagrin of critics, the charming promenade on the New River also has plenty of homeless people who come and go all hours of the day and night. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025 Mike Birbiglia’s The Good Life, Marc Maron’s Panicked, Cameron Esposito’s Four Pills, and Bill Burr’s Drop Dead Years are all hours of comedy about reckoning with mortality, and each in their own way is a lovely, absurd, painful depiction of someone staring into an abyss and choosing to laugh. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 Certified food protection manager not employed by facility and present during all hours of operation. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all hours

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of all hours was in 1668

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“All hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20hours. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

all hours

plural noun
: a very late time
stayed up until all hours
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