Synonyms and antonyms of Telling the time by a clock in British Thesaurus

0900/1300 etc hours ()

used especially by the police and military people for telling the time by the twenty-four hour clock. For example, 13 hundred hours is one o’clock in the afternoon.

about (adverb)

used for referring to a time that is not exact

advanced (adjective)

Philippine English if a clock or watch is advanced, it shows a time that is later than the correct time

after (adverb)

American used in telling the time, for giving the number of minutes past the hour

ahead (adverb)

used for saying how much earlier the clocks in one place show a particular time than in another

am (abbreviation)

used after a time for showing that it is between midnight and noon

around (adverb)

used for referring to a time that is not exact

at (preposition)

used for stating the exact time when something happens

fast (adjective)

if a clock is fast, it shows a time that is later than the correct time

forward (adjective)

if you put a clock or watch forward, you change the time it shows to a later time

half-hour (adjective)

lasting for 30 minutes

half-hour (noun)

the time that is 30 minutes after the start of an hour

half past one/two etc ()

30 minutes after one o’clock/two o’clock etc

the hour (noun)

the time that is exactly one o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock etc

of (preposition)

American used in saying the time to mean a particular number of minutes before the hour

one o’clock/four o’clock etc ()

used for saying what time it is when a clock shows the exact hour

past (adverb)

used for saying what time it is when it is not more than thirty minutes after one, two etc o’clock

the pips (noun)

British a series of short high sounds broadcast on the radio to show the time at exactly one o’clock, two o’clock etc

pm (abbreviation)

used after a time for showing that it is between noon and midnight

quarter (noun)

one of four periods of 15 minutes that an hour is divided into when you are telling the time. When the time is 15 minutes after the hour, British people always say quarter past the hour and American people usually say a quarter after the hour. When the time is 15 minutes before the hour, British people always say quarter to the hour and American people usually say a quarter of the hour

slow (adjective)

a watch or clock that is slow shows a time that is earlier than the correct time

stroke (noun)

one of the series of sounds that some clocks make to mark the hour, or the time marked by this

tell the time ()

to know what time it is when you look at a clock or a watch

time (noun)

the quantity that you measure using a clock

time (noun)

the time in a particular part of the world

to (adverb)

used when telling the time, for saying how many minutes it is before the hour