Phrase guide

around the clock

adj · noun · prep_phrase · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of around-the-clock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of round the clock (“darts game”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prep_phrase

Meaning 3

All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Topics: duration, time

Examples

  • They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

without stopping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she worked around the clock

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: for 24 hours, round the clock

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: على مدار اليوم — all the time
  • Azerbaijani: bütün sutka — all the time
  • Azerbaijani: günün iyirmi dörd saatı — all the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜以繼日 /夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì) — all the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晝夜 /昼夜 (zhòu-yè) — all the time
  • Cornish: a-dro dhe’n klock — all the time
  • Finnish: kellon ympäri — all the time
  • Finnish: tehdä pyöreitä päiviä — all the time
  • French: en permanence — all the time
  • French: tout le temps — all the time
  • French: tous les jours que Dieu fait — all the time
  • French: vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre — all the time
  • German: rund um die Uhr — all the time
  • Hebrew: מסביב לשעון — all the time
  • Hungarian: szakadatlanul — all the time
  • Italian: ventiquattrore — all the time
  • Italian: ininterrottamente — all the time
  • Italian: di continuo — all the time
  • Italian: giorno e notte — all the time
  • Japanese: 四六時中 (shirokujichū) — all the time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: døgnet rundt — all the time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døgnet rundt — all the time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døgeret rundt — all the time
  • Polish: non stop — all the time
  • Polish: przez całą dobę — all the time
  • Polish: na okrągło — all the time
  • Portuguese: o tempo inteiro — all the time
  • Portuguese: a todo instante — all the time
  • Portuguese: sem parar — all the time
  • Russian: кру́глые су́тки (krúglyje sútki) — all the time
  • Russian: круглосу́точно (kruglosútočno) — all the time
  • Russian: два́дцать четы́ре часа́ в су́тки (dvádcatʹ četýre časá v sútki) — all the time
  • Slovak: nepretržite — all the time
  • Spanish: noche y día — all the time
  • Spanish: día y noche — all the time
  • Spanish: sin descanso — all the time
  • Swedish: dygnet runt — all the time