AROUND-THE-CLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does around-the-clock mean? 

• AROUND-THE-CLOCK (adjective)
  The adjective AROUND-THE-CLOCK has 1 sense:

1. at all times

  Familiarity information: AROUND-THE-CLOCK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AROUND-THE-CLOCK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At all times

Synonyms:

around-the-clock; day-and-night; nonstop; round-the-clock

Context example:

around-the-clock nursing care

Similar:

continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)

 Context examples 

The team gathered and analyzed around-the-clock measurements of the depth, salinity, and temperature of channel waters and their intersection with the coastal edge of Greenland's ice sheet.

(The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland, NASA)