round-the-clock

adjective

at all times

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around-the-clock nursing care

• Syn: ↑around-the-clock, ↑day-and-night, ↑nonstop

• Similar to: ↑continuous, ↑uninterrupted

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adjective

: around-the-clock

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/rownd"dheuh klok"/, adj.

around-the-clock.

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round-the-clockˈ adjective

Lasting through the day and night, twenty-four-hour (also adverb, without hyphens)

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Main Entry: ↑round

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round-the-clock UK US adjective

happening or done all day and all night

Thesaurus: all the time and always_synonym

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round-the-clock «ROWND thuh KLOK», adjective, adverb.

–adj.

continual; unceasing; around-the-clock: round-the-clock protection. »

[He] told the Senate he hoped for a vote on his motion by the end of the week, even if he had to force round-the-clock sessions (Wall Street Journal).

–adv.

throughout the day and night; without stopping: »

to work round-the-clock.

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adj. lasting all day and all night

round-the-clock surveillance

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adj, always used before a noun

: ↑around-the-clock

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ˌround-the-ˈclock [round-the-clock] (also aˌround-the-ˈclock) adjective only before noun

lasting or happening all day and night

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round-the-clock nursing care

see also ↑clock

See also: ↑around-the-clock  

Example Bank:

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His family kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.

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Round-the-clock police surveillance was necessary.

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The army provided round-the-clock protection.

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The nursing home provides round-the-clock medical care.