office hours

noun

1

: the time during the day when people work in an office

Our office hours are 8:30 to 4:00 Monday through Friday.

2

US : the time during the day when a teacher is available to meet with students in his or her office

She has office hours Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9:00 to 11:00.

3

US : a time during the day when people can see a doctor or dentist

Examples of office hours in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several internal teams have stopped holding office hours to troubleshoot researchers’ problems, the company said, because agents now handle much of that work. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Just as importantly, accidents and urgent legal decisions don’t respect office hours. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Journalists rarely gather outside office hours, aside from an annual holiday, which has been attended by armed guards. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Johnson, a third-year doctoral candidate at UC Davis, was in the midst of his office hours with undergraduate students at Katherine Esau Science Hall. — Matthew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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