Meanings
prepositional phrase
alternative round the clock
- idiomaticdurationAll the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly.
They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.
nounaround the clock (uncountable)
alternative round the clock
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of round the clock (“darts game”).
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbendlessly
Similar
for 24 hoursround the clock
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic على مدار اليوم
- على مدار اليومall the time
Chinese Mandarin 夜以繼日 /夜以继日, 晝夜 /昼夜
- 夜以繼日 /夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì)all the time
- 晝夜 /昼夜 (zhòu-yè)all the time
Finnish kellon ympäri, tehdä pyöreitä päiviä
- kellon ympäriall the time
- tehdä pyöreitä päiviäall the time
French en permanence, tout le temps
- en permanenceall the time
- tout le tempsall the time
- tous les jours que Dieu faitall the time
- vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatreall the time
German rund um die Uhr
- rund um die Uhrall the time
Hebrew מסביב לשעון
- מסביב לשעוןall the time
Hungarian szakadatlanul
- szakadatlanulall the time
Italian ventiquattrore, ininterrottamente
- ventiquattroreall the time
- ininterrottamenteall the time
- di continuoall the time
- giorno e notteall the time
Japanese 四六時中
- 四六時中 (shirokujichū)all the time
Norwegian Bokmål døgnet rundt
- døgnet rundtall the time
Polish non stop, przez całą dobę
- non stopall the time
- przez całą dobęall the time
- na okrągłoall the time
Portuguese o tempo inteiro, a todo instante
- o tempo inteiroall the time
- a todo instanteall the time
- sem pararall the time
Russian кру́глые су́тки, круглосу́точно
- кру́глые су́тки (krúglyje sútki)all the time
- круглосу́точно (kruglosútočno)all the time
- два́дцать четы́ре часа́ в су́тки (dvádcatʹ četýre časá v sútki)all the time
Slovak nepretržite
- nepretržiteall the time
Spanish noche y día, día y noche
- noche y díaall the time
- día y nocheall the time
- sin descansoall the time
Swedish dygnet runt
- dygnet runtall the time
Cite this entry
APA
around the clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/around%20the%20clock
MLA
“around the clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/around%20the%20clock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “around the clock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/around%20the%20clock.
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