Time

Terms in this deck

• o'clockused to say an exact hour, with no minutes
• half pastthirty minutes after the hour
• quarter pastfifteen minutes after the hour
• quarter tofifteen minutes before the hour
• a.m.used for times between midnight and noon
• p.m.used for times between noon and midnight
• noontwelve o'clock in the middle of the day
• midnighttwelve o'clock in the middle of the night
• houra unit of time equal to sixty minutes
• minutea unit of time equal to sixty seconds
• seconda very short unit of time
• clocka device used to show the time, usually on a wall or table
• watcha small clock worn on the wrist
• todaythe current day
• tomorrowthe day after today
• yesterdaythe day before today
• the day after tomorrowtwo days from today
• the day before yesterdaytwo days before today
• this morningthe morning of the current day
• this afternoonthe afternoon of the current day
• tonightthe evening or night of the current day
• last nightthe night before today
• next weekthe week that comes after this one
• last weekthe week before this one
• next monththe month that comes after this one
• last monththe month before this one
• every dayeach day, without exception
• earlybefore the usual or expected time
• lateafter the usual or expected time
• on timeat the correct or expected time, not early or late
• soonin a short time from now
• laterat a time after now
• nowat the present moment
• alwaysevery time, without exception
• nevernot ever, at no time
• sometimesoccasionally, not often or always
• oftenmany times, frequently
• usuallymost of the time, as a general rule
• weekendSaturday and Sunday
• weekdayany day from Monday to Friday
• this eveningthe evening of the current day
• this yearthe current year
• last yearthe year before this one
• next yearthe year that comes after this one
• datethe day, month, and year of something
• calendara chart showing the days, weeks, and months of the year
• birthdaythe day someone was born, celebrated every year