decisive hour

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• hour — n. 1) to show, tell the hour (my watch shows the minute and hour) 2) a solid ( full ) hour (the police grilled him for three solid hours) 3) an ungodly ( very early ); ( very late ) hour (she called at an ungodly hour) 4) the decisive hour; or:… …   Combinatory dictionary

• The eleventh hour — is an expression referring to the last moments before a deadline or the imminence of a decisive or final moment. Usage of this term may be traced back to the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in the Gospel of Matthew and also to the last… …   Wikipedia

• eleventh hour — Synonyms and related words: A day, D day, H hour, bedtime, belatedness, charged moment, critical moment, crucial moment, curfew, deadline, deathbed, decisive moment, high time, kairos, kairotic moment, last minute, last minute, late hour,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• zero hour — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. appointed hour, target day, H hour, D day, the time*, countdown*, jump off*; see also attack 1 , crisis . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. crisis point, turning point, crossroads, pivotal moment, appointed hour, *D day,… …   English dictionary for students

• zero hour — Synonyms and related words: A day, D day, H hour, charged moment, contingency, crisis, critical moment, crossroads, crucial moment, deadline, decisive moment, eleventh hour, emergency, exigency, kairos, kairotic moment, moment of truth, nick of… …   Moby Thesaurus

• zero hour — n. 1. the hour or moment at which a military attack or other important operation is to begin 2. any crucial or decisive moment …   English World dictionary

• zero hour — noun Etymology: from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown Date: 1917 1. a. the hour at which a planned military operation is scheduled to start b. the time at which a usually significant or notable event is scheduled to take place …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• zero hour — ze′ro hour n. 1) cvb mil the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation 2) cvb the time set for the beginning of any event or action 3) cvb a decisive or critical time • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

• zero hour — 1. the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation. 2. the time set for the beginning of any event or action. 3. a decisive or critical time. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

• serve the hour — surrender to the decisive moment, give in to the moment of fate …   English contemporary dictionary

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism