ELEVENTH HOUR
Dictionary entry overview: What does eleventh hour mean? • ELEVENTH HOUR (noun)
The noun ELEVENTH HOUR has 1 sense:
1. the latest possible moment
Familiarity information: ELEVENTH HOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ELEVENTH HOUR (noun)
Meaning:
The latest possible moment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
eleventh hour; last minute
Context examples:
money became available at the eleventh hour / at the last minute the government changed the rules
Hypernyms ("eleventh hour" is a kind of...):
instant; minute; moment; second (a particular point in time)
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