clock

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UK /klɒk/US /klɑːk/

Meaning

noun

an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room, on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch)

“The clock struck twelve/midnight.”

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“But rolling the clock forward”

📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →

“Where the clock is set back to one, and the possibilities are endless.”

📺 Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)Learn this word in the video →

Appears in 2 lessons:Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

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