24/7

noun

uptime is 24 hours a day 7 days a week

• Hypernyms: ↑uptime

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adverb or adjective

see 24-7

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²⁴/₇ «_TWEHN tee FR SEH vuhn», adjective

Informal. all the time; full-time; around-the-clock: »

Another issue related to biorhythms is the seemingly inexorable drift toward a ²⁴/₇ economy (Atlantic).

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['twentēˌfôr 'sevən]

(also 24-7) adv. informal twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; all the time

you just can't afford to let things get you down, especially when you are on call 24/7

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↑twenty-four seven

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ˌtwenty-ˌfour ˈseven 7 [twenty-four seven] (also 24/7) adverb (informal)

twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week (used to mean ‘all the time’)

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He's on duty twenty-four seven.