Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lasting an hour.

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  • adjective which lasts an hour, or approximately so
  • adjective of or relating to an hourlong period of time

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lasting for an hour

Etymologies

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hour +‎ long

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Examples

  • Variety reports (subscription required) that the network is plotting an untitled hourlong drama series about the (fictional) Vice President and his female chief of staff written by Sheldon Turner and Shaun Cassidy.

    ABC Developing Show About Vice President 2010

  • Variety reports (subscription required) that the network is plotting an untitled hourlong drama series about the (fictional) Vice President and his female chief of staff written by Sheldon Turner and Shaun Cassidy.

    ABC Developing Show About Vice President 2010

  • Variety reports (subscription required) that the network is plotting an untitled hourlong drama series about the (fictional) Vice President and his female chief of staff written by Sheldon Turner and Shaun Cassidy.

    ABC Developing Show About Vice President 2010

  • Variety reports (subscription required) that the network is plotting an untitled hourlong drama series about the (fictional) Vice President and his female chief of staff written by Sheldon Turner and Shaun Cassidy.

    ABC Developing Show About Vice President The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Variety reports (subscription required) that the network is plotting an untitled hourlong drama series about the (fictional) Vice President and his female chief of staff written by Sheldon Turner and Shaun Cassidy.

    ABC Developing Show About Vice President 2010

  • Also, one is twice as long as the other, which NBC has addressed with the useful mnemonic of calling the hourlong show Studio 60 and the half-hour 30 Rock.

    Live—No, Taped—from New York (and Los Angeles), It’s… - Tuned In - TIME.com 2006

  • Also, one is twice as long as the other, which NBC has addressed with the useful mnemonic of calling the hourlong show Studio 60 and the half-hour 30 Rock.

    Live—No, Taped—from New York (and Los Angeles), It’s… - Tuned In - TIME.com 2006

  • A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Wade called an hourlong meeting with players after his Team Wade pulled out a 141-140 overtime victory over Team LeBron.

    SI.com 2011

  • But these preferences reflect privileges and don't entitle me, Bourdain or anyone else who trots the globe and visits ambitious restaurants - the most casual of which can cost $50 a person and entail hourlong waits - to look down on food lovers without the resources, opportunity or inclination for that.

    NYT > Home Page By FRANK BRUNI 2011

  • The MTV Networks-owned cable channel has ordered eight episodes of the hourlong, which is produced by Warner Horizon Television and exec produced by Fleiss ( "The Bachelor").

    Variety.com 2009

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